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March 11, 2010

Deliberations to continue
in trial of lobsterman

The Associated Press

Updated at 5:35 p.m.

ROCKLAND — Jurors have been sent home for the day without reaching a verdict in the trial of a Maine lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow lobsterman in a feud over lobster traps.

Sixty-eight-year-old Vance Bunker is charged with elevated aggravated assault and other charges for shooting 44-year-old Christopher Young in the neck on a wharf on remote Matinicus Island last July. Bunker's daughter, Janan Miller, is also on trial for reckless conduct for her role in the shooting.

Bunker testified today that he shot Young because he felt his and his daughter's lives were at risk in a struggle over his daughter's shotgun.

Jurors deliberated for three hours on today before being sent home for the night. Deliberations will resume Friday morning.

11:16 a.m.

ROCKLAND — The trial of a Maine lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow lobsterman in a feud over lobster traps is coming to an end.

Sixty-eight-year-old Vance Bunker is charged with elevated aggravated assault and other charges for shooting 44-year-old Christopher Young in the neck on a wharf on remote Matinicus Island last July.

Closing arguments should begin today.

Bunker's daughter, Janan Miller, is also on trial for reckless conduct for her role in the shooting.

The four-day trial has revealed details about the unofficial rules of the lobster industry dictating who can fish where.
 

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