Brian MacDonald was sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison Thursday, after he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 21-year-old college student outside a party at the victim’s Allston home. Anthony Spaulding was stabbed to death in a fight over excessive noise and spilled champagne in the early hours …
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On the first day of deliberation, jurors found Brian MacDonald guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Anthony Spaulding. Jurors will continue deliberating on Monday to reach a verdict for Bianca Hollenbeck, MacDonald’s co-defendant. Judge Janet Sanders asked 12 jurors to review the incident during the New Year’s Eve party at a 48 Pratt …
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After a long period of jury selection, opening statements and testimony started Wednesday in the case of Brian MacDonald and Bianca Hollenbeck. MacDonald is charged with second-degree murder and Hollenbeck with assault and battery after the stabbing death of 21-year-old Anthony Spaulding. On Jan. 31, 2013, around 2 a.m., the defendants allegedly went to a …
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Despite delays from the snow storm, jury selection for the 2013 murder of Anthony Spaulding continued on Jan. 29 at Suffolk Superior Court. Brian MacDonald, a 26-year-old from Brighton, is charged with second-degree murder of 21-year-old Spaulding at an Allston party on Jan. 1, 2013. It was the first homicide of that year. Bianca Hollenbeck, …
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A year after allegedly committing the first murder of 2013 in Boston, a Brighton man is due in court the end of January. Brian MacDonald, 25, pleaded innocent to fatally stabbing 21-year-old Anthony Spaulding at a New Year’s house party at 48 Pratt Street last year, after an argument between the two escalated into a …
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