The judge denied a defense motion to dismiss new charges against formerdaycare owner Robert Kelly, Jr. The new charges, from 1987 and unrelatedto the daycare center, were filed earlier this year in Chowan County.
Kelly was convicted and sentenced in 99 counts of sexual abuse at thecenter in North Carolina's most expensive trial, but a new trial on thosecharges, which were made at about the same time as the daycare charges,was ordered last year.newcharges involve a 9-year-old girl who did not attendthe center. Prosecutors want these new charges settled before the LittleRascals case goes back to court.
Kelly's attorney says the new charges "... came from out of nowhere..." and that they should have been reported and processed nearly 10 yearsago.
Kelly told WRAL TV5'sMarkRobertshe is still a target.
The defense claims the prosecution knew of this new charge in 1992 andsaid the fact that the case is only being brought to trial now isvindictiveness on the part of prosecutors.
Lamb took the witness stand Monday and was questioned by herco-counsel. Lamb claimed she knew nothing about the case until the LittleRascals case had been overturned.
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