WILMINGTON, Del. - After eight days of deliberations, the jury still has yet to render a verdict on the first-degree murder charges against Irina Malinovskaya.
Malinovskaya, a Wharton student, allegedly bludgeoned to death her ex-boyfriend Robert Bondar's girlfriend, Temple University student Irina Zlotnikov, at Bondar's New Castle, Del., apartment in Dec. 2004.
Delaware prosecutors have retried her twice for the crime. The first two trials both ended in mistrials after the jury failed to reach a decision.
In the first trial, jurors split 11-to-1 in favor of acquittal, while, in the second trial, the jury deadlocked 6-to-6.
Jurors begin their ninth day of deliberations today, three days longer than either of the previous trials.
Throughout the trial, the prosecution attempted to paint a picture of Malinovskaya as being obsessed with Bondar. The defense tried to discredit Bondar and continually stressed a lack of definitive forensic evidence tying Malinovskaya to the murder.
