Yonkers man's testimony recalls wife's murder

Published: January 17, 2013 7:45 PM
By NIK BONOPARTIS AND RON BITTNER nik.bonopartis@cablevision.com

Photo credit: Westchester County District Attorney's office | English Thomas, 29, of Uniondale was found guilty in Westchester County Court Feb. 8 of being the getaway driver in the execution-style killing of a Yonkers woman in her apartment on Yonkers.

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When Rafael Cornielle took the stand Thursday at the Westchester County courthouse in White Plains -- to recount the night two men showed up at his Yonkers apartment and killed his wife -- the prosecutor asked him to show the jury his own scars.

Cornielle obliged, pulling back a sleeve to show where a bullet struck his arm; tugging down his shirt, where a scar marked a bullet wound near his...

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