MANDEL: Man guilty of savage murder of his partner in homeless shelter

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Kenneth Bellamy showed no emotion after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his longtime partner, Tracy Iannuccilli, in a homeless shelter.

Jurors had only deliberated Monday afternoon and most of Tuesday when they alerted the court that they’d reached a  verdict.

They didn’t believe Bellamy’s story that Iannuccilli had died from an accidental stab wound during a struggle over a knife, he said, that she was using to kill him. Instead, they convicted him of second-degree murder.

Iannuccilli, 44, had been stabbed more than 15 times and her naked body was found by police in June 2023 covered by a blanket and towels under a sink in a North York hotel room that had been converted into a homeless shelter. Bellamy had barricaded himself inside the unit and had initially told officers that she had left.

Testifying in his own defence, Bellamy insisted Iannuccilli flew into a rage when he accused her of caring more about doing drugs than caring for their two children. As he struggled to wrestle a knife away from her, he said, she fell back on the bed, he fell on top of her and that pushed the blade into her neck.

Court heard the couple had been together since 2008. They had their first child in 2011 but their lives began to unravel after they lost a son in 2015 and became addicted to crack and fentanyl. After the birth of another child, both their kids had been taken into the care of their maternal grandparents.

Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no eligibility for parole of at least 10 years. A sentencing hearing to hear victim impact statements and determine parole ineligibility is scheduled for May 14.

mmandel@postmedia.com

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