Sentencing in septic tank murder trial deferred for probation reports

The sentencing of Anthony De Paul Hope and Ralph Tyndall, the two men found guilty of murdering caretaker Colleen Forrester and dumping her body in a septic tank, has been deferred until probation reports on the men are presented.

Last Friday, a jury had found Hope and Tyndall guilty of murdering Forrester between December 26th, 2007 and January 6th, 2008. Her body was found stuffed in the septic tank of the William Street residence for which she had been caretaker.

At what was supposed to be the sentencing hearing yon Tuesday, Hope’s lawyer Melville Duke made an