Skinny's Killer Faces 9 years --- Gave conflicting statements to Court and Police --- Says Skinny was abusing her when she stabbed him to Death.

Hall told the court that on the night of the incident she arrived home at 11:10pm after working double shifts. She said when she reached the house she met Skinny with a neighbour on the porch and she went into the house, changed her clothes and was looking at a movie when the neighbour left. "Immediately after that, Skinny came to sit next to me and began pulling my hair and accusing me of not going to work but with other men."The accused murder suspect told the court that Skinny told her to leave his house and  she went into the bedroom and bathroom to pack her belongings. Skinny she said entered the bedroom with a knife where he continued to abuse and assault her. "Skinny took the knife and began tearing the plastic bag in which I put my belongings and he threatened to kill me a number of times."

Hall said Skinny even accused her of stealing his jewelry which was later found in his pocket and on top of a music box, all of which she said the police took.

However, the court heard a different version in the court room during the trail on Wednesday afternoon compared to the statements Hall gave to police when she was arrested. Asked by the judge if she touched the body after stabbing Skinny, Hall said she was afraid and the only thing she did was push her hands in his pocket where she found her house key, she also said she grabbed the knife that Skinny had and the one she used to stab him and ran to the neighbour's house. Hall further told the court that she asked the neighbour to use his phone to call the police but the neighbour said he did not have credit on his phone, but when she told him she will call Sherriff Security he lone her the phone and she placed a call to the company where she worked. Those statements contradicted the statements given by the neighbour who said he saw Blackie shaking the dead man who was lying on the floor when they returned to the house. The defendant could not tell the court how Skinny ended up with two stab wounds in his back and one in his chest. She told the court that she was standing face to face with Skinny when she hugged him and stabbed him once in the back, and as he turned to grab a golf stick she stabbed him the fatal wound in his chest. Hall said when she stabbed Skinny he fell on his face and probably rolled over but the way the body was found in the house is not compatible to the statements given by the accused. Both the judge and the prosecution asked Hall to tell them if in fact Skinny tried to grab a golf stick and if she stabbed him on the side, then who moved his body and placed it the way it was found. Hall was also asked how long the fight lasted and if there were arguments in the house prior to the stabbing, she told the court Skinny was the one making the most noise but that was also contradicted by the next door neighbour who said she slept through the entire ordeal. Hall could not tell the court exactly what time she stabbed Skinny and how long the argument lasted as police were notified almost two hours after the stabbing.

Prosecutor Mannon Redderbects asked the accused to tell the court why she did not move out of the house if Skinny was such an abusive man, she responded by saying she had intended to do just that but she also had planned to visit her four children and grandchild in Jamaica. She further explained that she is the sole breadwinner for her children and grandchild and that at no time she wanted to hurt herself, and her children whom she said is not in school now that she is incarcerated. Sandra Hall dressed in a green shirt and Khaki colour pants and high heel shoes asked the court for leniency for the sake of her four children while she expressed remorse for how Skinny lost his life. Hall further told the court she is a hard working woman who never went out sporting, instead her main focus was work and home so she could have provided for herself and children. The judge said that the statements given by the defendant are conflicting. One such statement, is that the defendant claims Skinny was using a knife to poke her in the face and when she grabbed him and stabbed him the knife fell and she later picked  it up and ran over to the neighbour's house. The judge said based on the evidence provided both of the defendant's hands were covered in blood while there was no trace of blood on that knife.

The judge will render her decision on January 26th.