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A forensic pathologist testified that Jones had absorbed lead from 29 air gun pellets embedded in her body — but the level was not high enough to poison her. It’s “very likely” that she was shot with at least two of those pellets after the scalding, Dr. Christopher Milroy testified during the trial. Her broken nose, two black eyes and many cuts, bruises and scrapes on her head, knees and legs were also caused after Jones was burned on Nov. 24, 2009, he said.

Hutt pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing death. The Crown rejected his plea and argued he was guilty of first-degree murder.

Hutt admitted during a video interview with police played during the trial that he was concerned Jones was getting worse, not better, and that he worried she would die but still did not call for help.

Ottawa’s head Crown attorney Vikki Bair argued that by not contacting 911 until after Jones had stopped breathing, Hutt made a choice to protect himself by making sure Jones stayed muted forever about his abuse.

Jones protected Hutt because of a “trauma bond,” and that’s why she didn’t call 911 herself or tell the handful of people she spoke to on the phone after the scalding, including her mother, that she was hurt, Bair argued.

Hundreds of notes found in her Barwell Avenue home reveal Hutt’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde nature — in one calling Jones a “terrible wife,” in another insisting, “You are my angel.”

Friends described in court how an insecure Jones was looking for love when she met Hutt in the summer of 2005. They were on the same baseball team.