Gray's request for new trial turned down

DANVILLE – A 35-year-old Newtown man facing prison for fatally shooting his wife in 2005 lost his bid for a new trial.

At a hearing on Thursday, Vermilion County Circuit Judge Michael Clary denied Kenneth Gray's request to overturn his Oct. 20 first-degree murder conviction and grant him another trial.

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