‘Watch your mouth’: Ax murderer goes on expletive-laden rant before being sentenced to decades in prison for killing ex-girlfriend in front of toddler

A Connecticut antheral had an outburst moments earlier helium was sentenced to decades successful situation for murdering his ex-girlfriend with an ax.

Ewen Dewitt pleaded blameworthy to murder and hazard of wounded to a kid successful the 2022 decease of Julie Minogue astatine her Milford home. He appeared earlier a justice connected Thursday to perceive his fate. Dewitt, 45, appeared to get agitated arsenic authoritative Margaret Kelly was addressing the court.

Video of the incidental posted by New Haven NBC affiliate WVIT shows tribunal deputies converge connected Dewitt arsenic helium appeared to stand.

“Sit down,” the deputies.

Dewitt proceeded to spell connected an expletive-laden rant that was bleeped retired by the TV station.

According to the ABC affiliate, WTNH, Dewitt was listening to Kelly picture the execution arsenic “cold, calculated” erstwhile helium chimed successful to say, successful part, “rot successful hell,” earlier helium was instructed by the tribunal to “watch your mouth.”

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“Mr. Dewitt, I recognize what you whitethorn beryllium going done but I conscionable person to punctual you, this is an orderly place,” the justice said. “If outbursts similar that continue, I’m near with nary different prime but to inquire you, to region you from the court.”

“That’d beryllium great,” Dewitt responded.

However, the justice continued the proceeding with Dewitt contiguous aft the ax murderer, surrounded by deputies, calmed down. Dewitt addressed the tribunal and apologized for his actions, saying helium “snapped,” according to CT Insider.

Minogue’s household was conscionable blessed for the transgression lawsuit to beryllium over.

“As the victim’s family, we’re precise blessed that we’re astatine the extremity of the transgression proceedings,” her father, Gerald Minogue, told WVIT.

“The symptom volition not spell away, by nary stretch,” helium added.

As Law&Crime antecedently reported, successful summation to the transgression charges, Minogue’s household filed a suit against constabulary and the City of Milford.

According to the Milford Police Department’s initial statement connected the brutal homicide, Minogue’s 17-year-old lad was the 1 who called 911 connected the nighttime of Dec. 6, 2022, to study that Ewen Dewitt had attacked and killed his parent with an ax. The mother’s 3-year-old lad was successful the location astatine the clip and witnessed the attack, the family’s lawyer successful the civilian case, Michael Rosnick, confirmed to Law&Crime.

The slaying occurred 5 days aft Minogue was “granted a afloat nary interaction Restraining Order against the fishy pursuing a ailment that the fishy sent her harassing substance messages,” the Milford Police Department said. The section aboriginal specified that Dewitt sent 200 texts implicit 2 days successful November 2022.

Dewitt, of Roxbury, was arrested successful a trailer successful West Haven hours aft the murder, cops said. He was charged with murder, location invasion, transgression usurpation of a lasting protective order, transgression usurpation of a restraining order, and hazard of wounded to a child, each felonies. Connecticut tribunal records amusement the suspect besides faces a harassment lawsuit for his alleged actions successful November 2022, and a felony battle and hazard of wounded to a kid lawsuit dating backmost to 2019, successful which an allegedly drunken Dewitt is accused of throwing a playpen astatine Minogue arsenic she held their then-infant son. News 12 reported that Minogue needed 5 staples to adjacent the resulting coiled to the backmost of her head.

On Dec. 15, 2022, Milford Police Chief Keith L. Mello announced that Officer Scott Knablin was being placed connected administrative permission pending the result of an interior affairs probe into his handling of a warrant exertion that was not afloat completed until aft Minogue’s death.

“On Nov. 14, 2022, Julie Minogue came to the constabulary section to record a ailment against Ewen Dewitt for sending her implicit 200 substance messages from Nov. 12-14, 2022, violating the Protective Order that prohibited him from harassing her. Officer Knablin interviewed Julie, and helium collected the grounds from her cellphone records that she aboriginal provided,” Mello said. “On Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, Officer Knablin completed an apprehension warrant exertion for Ewen Dewitt, charging him with Violation of a Protective Order. Per policy, the apprehension warrant exertion was reviewed by a supervisor, and some the supervisor and the serviceman believed that the apprehension warrant exertion contained the requisite Probable Cause to enactment the complaint that the substance messages sent by Mr. Dewitt violated the modified Protective Order that was issued connected Jan. 15, 2021. When tribunal reopened connected Nov. 21, 2022, the warrant exertion was submitted to the Ansonia/Milford State’s Attorney’s Office. That aforesaid day, the Assistant State’s Attorney denied the warrant and sent it backmost to Officer Knablin, requesting further accusation beryllium provided.”

WTNH reported that Julie Minogue wrote that she was “afraid [Dewitt’s] going to termination me” earlier her death. The plaintiff’s household reportedly intends to reason that Dewitt “had a agelong past of convulsive behaviour against Ms. Minogue and others, each of which was known oregon should person been known, to the projected defendants.”

According to Chief Mello, the “additional information” requested by prosecutors was not added to the warrant exertion until Dec. 9, aft the lawsuit was handed disconnected to a antithetic detective.

“As per policy, Officer Knablin had an work to stitchery that accusation requested by the Assistant State’s Attorney and resubmit the apprehension warrant exertion arsenic soon arsenic possible. A ceremonial Internal Affairs Investigation has been initiated regarding the timeliness of his response. Officer Knablin has been placed connected administrative permission pending the result of the Internal Investigation into his actions,” Mello added. The apical bull concluded his connection by vowing to find ways to “enhance the Judicial GPS Monitoring Program for offenders of home violence, including expanding the criteria for their use.”

Knablin aboriginal resigned. The suit remains ongoing.

A GoFundMe campaign started by Julie’s sister, Allison, said that her loved 1 “was a unfortunate of home unit and had tried aggregate times to support her and her children safe.”

“Julie spent astir of her parenting years arsenic a azygous parent. She navigated moving full-time and caring for her boys with easiness and love,” Allison said.

Matt Naham contributed to this report