Fairfax Court Denies Bond Appeal for Cara Cottle
A Fairfax Circuit Court judge today denied an appeal to release Cara Cottle on bond after it was denied at an arraignment yesterday. Cottle was charged earlier this week with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend Dirk Smiler, the charismatic fixture of Washington's goth scene who died of a gunshot wound to the head in his Annandale home in February.
Cottle, who is being represented by the prominent defense attorney Peter D. Greenspun, will be tried in the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court because she and Smiler lived together. A preliminary hearing is set for May 3.
At today's hearing, Greenspun argued that the gun may have gone of accidently, the Washington Post reports this afternoon.
4:36 pm
I am happy that that girl will be charged for his death I do hope that she gets death in a way. But not in a way because Im sure she won't be greeted with open arms when she seems Dirk where she's going. She needs to think aspecially being someone of military background that she definetly can't use the old "Post tramatic stress" bs. She knew exactly what she was doing. As for "abuse" Dirk would never hurt anyone let alone a woman in this world. That woman better be ready for a world of rude awakenings. I hope she gets the extent of what fairfax county will give her, which they DO NOT look highly on murders!
8:48 pm
She wont get death, she has been charged with 2 degree murder, in Va its punishable no less than 5 years no more than 40.....
11:00 pm
2nd Degree murder? Seriously? ((sick at my stomach))