The teenager who allegedly helped murder her mother and stuff her in a suitcase at the St. Regis in Bali, will now be able to use a trust fund in her mother’s name to pay for her criminal defense.
The teenager Mack and boyfriend Tommy Schaefer just started their trial last week in Bali for allegedly killing Mack’s mother, Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack in August 2014. They pair is charged with premeditated murder, which if convicted means they could face the firing squad. So no doubt, they are going to need an expensive legal defense if they want to try to at least escape the death penalty.
An American judge ruled on Friday that alleged murderer Heather Mack is entitled to the money, after she had filed a lawsuit to use USD150,000 of the nearly USD1.6 million trust fund to pay her legal bills. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen Chicago said that a meeting would be held next week to discuss the amount and conditions for the money Mack could use, said a court spokesperson, Blanca Jara, as quoted by the Jakarta Globe.
The trust fund, set up for Mack by her alleged victim and mother, is administered by the dead woman’s brother, William Wiese.
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