Cherrylle Dell
Cherrylle Dell, 45, arrives at court in Pembroke in time
for the jury selection in her upcoming
murder trial on October 3, 2000. Ms. Dell is charged with first-degree
murder in connection
with the December 1995 death of her estranged
husband, Scott Dell. Mr. Dell, 44, died
after drinking a mixture of
wine and antifreeze.
(Gord Carter, The Ottawa Citizen)
Cherrylle Dell, left, is escorted from the Pembroke
courthouse on November 21, 2000. Mrs. Dell is
on
trial, charged with first-degree murder in the poisoning death of
her estranged husband, Scott Dell.
(Julie
Oliver, The Ottawa Citizen)
Court heard that Cherrylle Dell, above,
told Nancy Fillmore that Ms. Fillmore
would be blamed for Scott
Dell's death.
(Julie Oliver, The Ottawa Citizen)
The judge hearing her case said Cherrylle Dell 'knew the wine Scott Dell was drinking was laced with
antifreeze and that the effects of drinking the lethal cocktail
would be death.' - February 3, 2001
(Lynn
Ball, The Ottawa Citizen)
Gay Doherty, who discovered Scott Dell's body at his house, noted
there was a bottle of wine
beside a telephone on a desk, and in a
nearby wine glass there was an 'oily substance.'
(Lynn Ball, The Ottawa Citizen)
Gay Doherty, above, told court she wanted to end her
relationship with Cherrylle Dell after three months.
(Lynn Ball,
The Ottawa Citizen)
Cherrylle Dell, seen in this 2005 photo, has applied for parole
under the now eliminated ‘faint hope’
clause. Dell is serving a
life sentence for poisoning her former husband with
antifreeze-laced wine.
(Photograph by: Rod MacIvor, The Ottawa Citizen)
The victims
Scott Dell, 44.
Nancy Fillmore, 39.
