MIAMI — Opening statements are expected to begin on Monday in the vessel homicide trial of South Florida real estate mogul George Pino.
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Pino, 55, is charged in the death of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez after a boat crash on 2022’s Labor Day weekend.
Authorities said Pino, then 52, was behind the wheel of a 29-foot Robalo boat in the early evening hours of Sept. 4, 2022 when he lost control and slammed it into a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, killing Fernandez. Two other girls were seriously hurt, including 17-year-old Katerina Puig.
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Jury selection in the case concluded on Friday, with potential jurors quizzed on their jobs, life experiences and any biases they may be coming in with and what they knew about the case.
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Miami-Dade Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez denied requests to delay the trial.
Local 10 News is streaming the trial in the player above.
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