Prosecutors have made good on a deal to drop state homicide charges against a co-defendant who testified at the trial of a northeastern Pennsylvania man convicted of strangling two people and burying their bodies in his yard.
A judge Monday approved paperwork dropping the charges against Paul Weakley for his role in the 2002 deaths of pharmacist Michael Kerkowski and his girlfriend Tammy Fassett.
The 45-year-old Weakley previously pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges for the robbery and murders and is serving a life sentence. Prosecutors said Monday they'd speak on Weakley's behalf if he asks for a new sentence.
Weakley testified he plotted with Hugo Selenski to kill Kerkowski and helped him carry out the crimes and bury the bodies.
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