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WOONSOCKET -- The attorney general says a convicted child killer will be sentenced next month after his lawyer decided not to file a motion for a new trial.

Gilbert Delestre was convicted last month of second-degree murder for the October 2004 beating death of 3-year-old T.J. Wright.

Prosecutors said Delestre and his girlfriend, Katherine Bunnell, took turns beating the boy after they returned from a night out drinking and found a mess of eggs, yogurt, milk and feces in the living room and kitchen of their Woonsocket apartment.

Bunnell was T.J.'s aunt and foster mother. She was also convicted.

Delestre admitted that his actions caused T.J.'s death, but he claimed they were unintentional.

He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
-- The Associated Press

(Information from: The Call of Woonsocket, www.woonsocketcall.com)

 Tags  Gilbert Delestre murder T.J. Wright trial Woonsocket

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