Accused's pain 'not exaggerated'
Doctor tells murder trial Nancy Kissel's bruises not necessary visible after brawl with husband Dr Annabelle Dytham told the High Court Monday that Nancy Kissel could have been suffering from intense pain from a weapon-swinging brawl with her murdered husband without showing any visible marks.

Kissel's doctor to continue testimony
The doctor who twice treated accused murderer, Nancy Kissel, for sleeping problems in the week before the alleged murder and then again on November 4 following the alleged assault of her husband, will today continue her testimony in the High Court as a defense witness.

Calls to lover as Kissel covered up
Prosecution asks: did you tell Del Priore you had solved the problem with your husband? After eight days in the witness box, accused murderer Nancy Kissel Thursday completed her testimony in the trial over the alleged murder of her husband, former Merrill Lynch banker, Robert Kissel.

Kissel told 'plain, simple lies'
Nancy Kissel told ''plain simple lies'' as she deceived friends and family about what happened to her spouse in the days before her arrest, the prosecutor suggested in the High Court, Wednesday.

Kissel lover viewed her as a 'goldmine'
Realizing that knowledge of her affair with an electrician living in a trailer park would disadvantage her in divorce proceedings, accused murderer Nancy Kissel went on a ''shopping spree for drugs'' the week before her banker husband Robert Kissel was killed, the prosecution claimed in the High Court Tuesday.

I still love him, says Kissel
Despite earlier claims of intense physical and emotional abuse, a shaking and choking Nancy Kissel declared Monday that she still loves her husband Robert, who she is accused of murdering.

Kissel admission caps trial's peak
Accused murderer Nancy Kissel, who Thursday admitted she had used a heavy metal ornament to inflict the fatal injuries on her husband's head on November 2, 2003, faces another grilling from the prosecution today.

Kissel admits killing banker
Accused murderer Nancy Kissel admitted Thursday she used a heavy metal ornament to kill her husband, banker Robert Kissel.

Accused's revelations stun packed courtroom
Nancy Kissel's testimony stunned the packed courtroom with a whole sequence of revelations Thursday.

Kissel tells murder trial of bloody fight
An enraged Robert Kissel threatened to kill his wife Nancy with a baseball bat before she hit him with a metal ornament and then lost her memory of what happened next, Nancy Kissel testified in the High Court.

'Counseling enraged him, and brought on sex abuse'
The drugs found in the stomach of the decomposing body of former Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel were prescribed for his wife, Nancy, who was struggling to sleep for fear of his violent sexual whims, the High Court heard Wednesday.

Kissel admits affair, attempted suicide
Trapped in a marriage in which she was sexually abused by her drug-fueled, obsessive banker husband - and feeling there was no way out, accused murderer Nancy Kissel testified in the High Court she tried to commit suicide.

Kissel portrays life of hell
In the most dramatic day in the Kissel murder trial, accused murderer Nancy Kissel took the stand to call her dead husband power-crazed, drug-dependent, sexually abusive and violent.

Insight into troubled marriage 'crosses the line' 
In the words of Justice Michael Lunn Monday, the Nancy Kissel murder trial ''crossed the line'' to provide an insight into the couple's marriage, the deceased's success and the years leading to his eventual death.   

Drugs cocktail and baseball bat thicken Kissel plot
Last week, the High Court heard about the unusual cocktail of drugs found in the stomach of murdered banker Robert Kissel; how the effects on a neighbor who had been served a milkshake at the Kissel residence was ''in line'' with the effects of those drugs, and was shown a new defense exhibit - a baseball bat.

Kissels' friend tells of lies, love and betrayal
Murdered investment banker Robert Kissel told a close family friend that he suspected his wife was out to kill him weeks before it happened, the friend testified in the High Court Friday.

Kissel brother held for fraud
The brother of murdered banker Robert Kissel was arrested Tuesday in the United States and charged with committing fraud, the New York Times reported.

Kissel trial focus now on baseball bat
The storyline in the Kissel murder trial began changing Thursday as the defense team dramatically unveiled a baseball bat for the jury - a prologue to their explanation of the events leading up to the death of former Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel. 7-29-2005 | Read full story 

Expert quizzed on effect of drugs
It is likely that murdered banker Robert Kissel experienced the same symptoms of drowsiness, slurred speech and memory loss suffered by his neighbor Andrew Tanzer, who was served a pink milkshake at the Kissel residence hours before the former Merrill Lynch banker died, the High Court heard. 7-28-2005 | Read full story

Analysis of Kissel case drug cocktail draws fire Report fails to show amount of sedatives and impact on late banker, court hears Despite the unusual combination of sedatives, anti-depressants and tranquilizers found in the body of murdered Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel, the government laboratory's analysis ''provides no indication of the amount of drugs present, when they were consumed nor the root of administration,'' the court has heard in the Kissel murder trial. 7-27-2005 | Read full story

Kissel laptop in searches for gay sites and Paris girls
The courtroom computer trawling continued Friday as the defense in the milkshake murder trial explored and recreated the alleged erotic Web-surfing habits of Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel. 7-23-2005 | Read full story

Court told of gay-sex search
At a time when Robert Kissel was the only family member staying in Hong Kong, but days before a trip to Taiwan, the family's desktop computer was used to search for Web sites relating to gay sex in Taiwan and other sexual services, the High Court heard in the murder trial of the deceased Merrill Lynch banker's wife, Nancy. 7-22-2005 | Read full story

Kissel trial told of 'affair' e-mail
A forensic scientist from the Technology Crimes Bureau has told the Nancy Kissel murder trial how he recovered fragments of e-mails and Web site addresses from a purple Sony Vaio laptop which the prosecution alleges was used by the accused. 7-21-2005 | Read full story

Expert testifies hard object deformed metal
The heavy metal ornament produced in court as the weapon with which banker Robert Kissel was allegedly bludgeoned to death could have become deformed if hit by a hard object like a baseball bat, a weapons expert told the High Court Monday. 7-19-2005 | Read full story

Kissel murder trial to hear again from expert
An expert in the tools of crime will continue to be cross-examined when the Nancy Kissel murder trial continues today.Forensic scientist Wong Koon-hung testified Thursday but his cross-examination was postponed when defense counsel took time off to review his recently provided case notes.7-18-2005 | Read full story

Blood from accused, victim found at scene
Government forensic scientist Dr Pang Chi-ming continued to identify blood-stained items in the High Court Friday, testifying he conducted blood tests and DNA analyses on a large number of exhibits in the Milkshake Murder trial. 7-16-2005 | Read full story 

Kissel DNA match 'probable'
Government forensic scientists told the High Court Thursday they believed the blue tape used to secure the top of the carpet in which the decomposing body of Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel was found contained samples of Nancy Kissel's DNA and came from the same bundle of tape found in the living room of Kissel's Parkview apartment.7-15-2005 | Read full story 

Kissel jurors look for bloodstains
A television set and a chest of drawers that had been at the foot of the bed and alleged to have been splashed with spots of blood were displayed to the judge and jury as the Kissel murder trial continued at the High Court Wednesday.7-14-2005  | Read full story

Kissel trial to vet forensic evidence
Day 20 of the Nancy Kissel murder trial begins today after an adjournment last week. Police and forensic experts are expected to identify the huge volume of evidence and exhibits gathered by the prosecution. 7-11-2005  | Read full story

Blood stains spattered around bedroom
A police scientific officer testified in the High Court Monday that when he first arrived at a suspected murder scene - the master bedroom of the Kissel's Parkview residence - he found blood stains on the bed, the carpet and on articles around the room. 7-5-2005  | Read full story

Kissel murder trial to enter 18th day
A police scientific officer who was one of the first to inspect a ''large roll'' of carpet will finish testifying today about his initial observations on the 18th day of the Nancy Kissel murder trial. 7-4-2005  | Read full story

Policeman quizzed about snaps taken in Kissel flat
A police exhibit officer who took part in the seizure of evidence and taking of photographs in the Kissels' Parkview residence immediately after the discovery of former banker Robert Kissel's body, was questioned Thursday about how it was decided what items to seize. 7-1-2005  | Read full story


Kissel defense challenges police over arrest notes
Nancy Kissel's defense challenged police Tuesday, suggesting that notes made during their murder investigation show she was arrested more than three hours earlier than police had said, and before there was any mention of lawyers or her right to remain silent. 6-29-2005 | Read full story

Defense pounces on 'unfair police'
A police inspector was accused by the defense in Monday's session of the milkshake murder trial of short changing accused killer Nancy Kissel's rights by interviewing her under false pretenses during the initial investigation into her husband's slaying. 6-28-2005 | Read full story

Right to silence, assault and cocaine
The Nancy Kissel murder trial enters its 14th day today with inspector See Kwong-tak, who investigated the alleged murder, continuing his testimony in the High Court before justice Michael Lunn. 6-27-2005 | Read full story

Police 'misled' Kissel on purpose of interview
The chief inspector involved in investigating the murder of Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel was asked by the defense Friday to explain to the High Court why, when questioning Kissel's wife, he had indicated he was investigating a missing person report and her claims of assault - even though he already suspected her husband had been murdered and his body hidden in a storeroom. 6-25-2005 | Read full story

Trial told of 'turning point'
When murdered banker Robert Kissel shoved aside his wife during an argument in their luxury flat, she responded by saying, "you'll never live that down,'' a friend of the dead man testified in the High Court. 6-23-2005 | Read full story

Maid defends slain banker
Slain Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel was a strict disciplinarian whose rough handling of his children resulted in an injury to the elbow of his younger daughter, the High Court heard in the murder trial of his wife Nancy Kissel. 6-22-2005 | Read full story

Stressed banker 'beat wife'
Murdered Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel was portrayed in the High Court as a cocaine-snorting wife beater suffering from huge job stress as the milkshake murder trial entered its second week Monday. 6-21-2005 | Read full story

Drugs in milkshake and poisoned whisky
The milkshake murder trial enters its 10th day today with a former domestic helper of the Kissel family, Maximina Macaraeg, continuing her testimony for the third day running. 6-20-2005 | Read full story

Victim's home wide open, court hears
Nancy Kissel's former maid faced a second day of grilling in the High Court on events following the discovery of murdered Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel's body in a storeroom. 6-18-2005 | Read full story

Murder suspect 'could not forgive,' maid tells court
Nancy Kissel was a "a person who could not forgive,'' her former maid told the High Court in the eighth day of the milkshake murder trial. 6-17-2005 | Read full story

Helper tags blood-stained home items
A heavy metal ornament allegedly used to bludgeon to death an already unconscious Robert Kissel, was shown to the public for the first time on day eight of the milkshake murder trial. 6-17-2005 | Read full story

Kissel breaks down in court
Accused murderer Nancy Kissel broke down in tears after a close friend gave evidence for the prosecution Wednesday. Samantha Kriegel, a member of the same United Jewish Congregation on Robinson Road as Kissel and her murdered husband Robert, said the accused was a devoted mother whose life revolved around her three children. 6-16-2005 | Read full story

Milkshake turned murder case witness into 'a baby'
A former neighbor of banker Robert Kissel, who was given the same pink milkshake as Kissel had before his death, drifted in and out of consciousness afterward, talked incoherently and then "turned into a temperamental baby'' as he devoured three tubs of ice cream, and dirtied the furniture of his flat, the High Court heard Tuesday during the milkshake murder trial. 6-15-2005 | Read full story

Scotch twist in Kissel case
Months before he was drugged and beaten to death, Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel told a private investigator he feared for his life and suspected his wife of poisoning his Scotch whisky, the High Court has been told in a new twist to the high-profile milkshake murder trial.6-14-2005  | Read full story

Murder trial told of husband's broken knuckle
As the sensational Milkshake Murder trial entered its fourth day in the High Court, the defense for Nancy Kissel made the first move to introduce evidence that her husband had twice broken a knuckle of his right hand, probably as a result of punching a hard object. 6-11-2005  | Read full story


Banker lied' on wife's state
Accused murderer Nancy Kissel and her late husband Robert Kissel were having marital problems as early as 1998, but it was he who walked out of a family holiday in Bali, leaving her to look after the children, a defense attorney said on day three of the lurid murder trial in the High Court Thursday. 6-10-2005  | Read full story

Wife 'plotted for months'
A vindictive unfaithful spouse plotted her wealthy banker husband's murder for months, concocting a cocktail of drugs to leave Robert Kissel unconscious and defenseless as he was battered to death, the High Court heard. 6-9-2005  | Read full story

'Doped, bludgeoned, then wrapped in rug'
The fingerprints of Nancy Kissel, accused of murdering her husband, Robert, were found on the sticky side of tape used to seal boxes containing blood-stained items, the High Court was told Wednesday. 6-9-2005  | Read full story

Cheating wife beat banker to death, jury told
A Merrill Lynch investment banker was slain by his unfaithful wife in an act of cold-blooded premeditation, a prosecutor told the High Court Tuesday as opening arguments began in the murder trial of Nancy Kissel. 6-8-2005  | Read full story

Murder case closed-door evidence plea denied
A High Court judge denied a closed-door hearing for the screening of evidence in the trial of Nancy Ann Kissel, 40, accused of murdering her Merrill Lynch banker husband, Robert Kissel. 5-26-2005  | Read full story