LACONIA — Hassan Sapry showed no emotion as state prosecutors displayed graphic images from inside the Blueberry Lane apartment where they say he killed Wilfred Guzman Sr. in April 2019.

Wednesday marked the second day of the second trial of Sapry, 27. A mistrial was declared during the original prosecution in 2022. Prosecutors say Sapry killed Guzman Sr., then 57, in cold blood in his own apartment, following an argument about race and religion more than six years ago.

Attorneys Mark Sisti and Amy Ashworth of Sisti Law Offices are defending Sapry, and say he was insane at the time of Guzman Sr.'s death. They’re making an affirmative defense, not guilty by reason of insanity, and the burden — by clear and convincing evidence — is on Sapry to prove it.

“This burden of proof is a lesser b

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