A state appeals court has voided a 2007 murder conviction in the slaying of a 53-year-old Seattle woman.
A Seattle jury convicted 72-year-old Tinh Trinh Lam in the 2005 slaying of Capitol Hill restaurant owner Nguyet Minh Nguyen, his girlfriend at the time. Lam was convicted of first-degree murder.
Police records show that Nguyen had been beaten with a hammer and folding chair before her death. Lam attempted to kill himself after being contacted by police at Nguyen’s restaurant, Miss Saigon, according to records.
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On Monday, the state Appeals Court, Division One, tossed out Lam’s conviction after finding that a King County Superior Court judge erred when he interviewed a juror in chambers.
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