The jury has begun deliberating whether Nicola Puddicombe , convicted of the first-degree axe murder of her boyfriend of 11 years, should have her period of parole ineligibility reduced.

Puddicombe is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years for the Oct. 27, 2006, murder of Dennis Hoy. So far, she has served 19 years in jail.

Puddicombe’s parole ineligibility has been the subject of a faint hope hearing ; the faint hope clause allows offenders serving a life sentence, who were convicted before Dec. 2, 2011, to apply for a reduction in parole ineligibility after serving 15 years. The faint hope clause was repealed in 2009.

According to an agreed statement of facts presented to the jury at the faint hope hearing, Puddicombe and her girlfriend, Ashleigh Pechaluk, c

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