The Trial



 When Knight was conscious again, she was taken into custody for questioning. During questioning Knight acted as if she had amnesia and didn’t recall what had happened to Price. She was evaluated by a psychiatrist who believed that Knight’s amnesia was all an act, and she was deemed sane and found fit to stand trial which began in October 2001. Knight offered to plead guilty to manslaughter but was rejected. She was being charged with the murder of Price, but she entered a plea of not guilty. During the trial, Justice Barry O’Keefe offered the 60 jury prospects the option to be excused due to the graphic photographic evidence. Before the trial, many investigators took a leave of absence because of the disturbance the crime scene caused them. One day Knight changed her plea to guilty and the case was dismissed. Justice O’Keefe ordered a psychiatric assessment to determine if Knight understood the consequences of a guilty plea and if she was fit to make this plea. Knight’s legal team planned to defend her by claiming she had amnesia and was disassociated but she was yet deemed as sane. During the sentence hearing Dr. Timothy Lyons took the stand and described the gruesome facts of the crime scene and Knight started to scream hysterically and was sedated. On November 8, 2001, Justice O’Keefe sentenced Knight to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In 2006, Knight tried to appeal her sentence but was denied. To this day Knight, now in her 60s, is currently incarcerated at Silverwater Women’s Correctional Centre.

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