LACONIA — Jury selection in the second murder trial of Hassan Sapry is complete.

Trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Belknap County Superior Court.

Sapry, 27, is charged with nine counts including first- and second-degree murder, stemming from the 2019 death of Wilfred Guzman Sr., then 57, on Blueberry Lane. He’s represented by attorneys Mark Sisti and Amy Ashworth of Sisti Law Offices.

Jury selection continued through Monday. On Friday afternoon, the court had designated 13 to serve for what is anticipated to be a two- or three-week-long trial.

Sapry stood before the court in 2022, but the trial was halted after several days of testimony and before the defense presented their theory of the case, when Belknap Superior Judge Elizabeth Leonard ruled a mistrial for undiscl

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