Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Deliberations resume in cabbie's slaying

A Cook County jury will resume deliberations today in the murdertrial of a former city Public Health Department employee accused ofkilling 62-year-old veteran taxi driver Haroon Paryani by drivingParyani's Ford over his body three times after a fight over cab fare.

Jurors deliberated for six hours Friday before Judge JamesSchreier sent them to a hotel just after 11 p.m. They are to resumeat 9:30 a.m.

During closing arguments, prosecutors maintained that Paryani wasdefenseless against Michael Jackson's deliberate attacks, and defenseattorneys painted Jackson as a victim of a cruel, disgruntled cabbie.

Jackson, 38, is charged with first-degree murder and …

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