Karen Read murder trial, Thursday May 2

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On the support:

• Anthony Flematti, Canton Fire Department

Karen Read returned to court Thursday for a third day of testimony in her high-profile murder trial.

Acting Canton Fire Lt. Anthony Flematti had just begun his testimony Tuesday afternoon when Judge Beverly Cannone concluded the day’s court proceedings. Thursday’s session will be another half day, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Several police and fire witnesses have taken the stand so far, telling jurors what they saw and heard the morning of Boston police Officer John O’Keefe’s death.

Read, 44, is accused of crashing her SUV into O’Keefe, her boyfriend of two years, and leaving him to die on a snowy lawn in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. Prosecutors allege Read was driving drunk after a night out and punched O’Keefe as he dropped him off at another Boston officer’s home for an after-party.

However, the Mansfield woman’s lawyers say she was framed as part of an elaborate cover-up between witnesses and law enforcement, suggesting O’Keefe was actually beaten inside the house and possibly attacked by the family German Shepherd.

Throughout cross-examination, defense attorneys picked apart the first responders’ testimonies to highlight discrepancies between their initial incident reports, grand jury testimony and statements they made in court this week.

On Tuesday, defense attorney Alan Jackson repeatedly asked Canton firefighter and paramedic Timothy Nuttall whether O’Keefe’s injuries – particularly a bump on his forehead and scratches on his arm – were consistent with a physical altercation.

Read has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a collision causing injury and death.

Jurors will go to the crime scene Friday morning, on Cannone’s orders. Media and members of the public are prohibited from filming, photographing, interviewing or contacting jurors during court proceedings — including sight — and Cannone ordered a 100-yard buffer zone between jurors and public participants.