Man takes poison in court after guilty verdict

[WildBill]

A former Wall Street trader convicted of setting his Phoenix mansion on fire in a desperate ploy to get out of his mortgage put his hands to his mouth — seemingly in shock — and collapsed after the verdict was read Thursday.

He later died, but authorities are wondering if the hand gesture was actually a final, preplanned act to poison himself, according to reports.

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[Oldgringo]

That'll show that judge and jury, by golly!

[gringo pistolero]

Some people believe there are fates worse than death. Their body, their choice.

[Kawabuggy]

And on the flip side, he saved the tax payers the cost of feeding, housing, furthering his education, dental bills, medical bills, etc;

I can't imagine how he would have felt had he taken a pill (if that is what happened) and then his attorney turned to him and said "we've got this one beat on appeal because the judge/jury members were
caught discussing the case outside of court!!"... DOH!

[Medic218]

Well, he obviously swallowed after after he seemingly put something in his mouth. I heard about this a few days ago and am very interested to see what the final word in on his cause of death.