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Attorney For Accused Murderer Calaney Flowers: "She Was Taunted"
posted (August 31, 2012)
The biggest news story this week has been Calaney Flowers - who is on remand at prison tonight - accused of killing her baby's father, Lyndon Morrison and injuring his girlfriend, Sochyl Sosa.

On the surface - it is almost the definition of the old adage, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." And while that narrative has gained some traction this week - we have not heard the other side of the story.

And that is because the Flowers family has refused to speak with the press - and the accused - being a prisoner - has not been afforded the opportunity herself.

But today the family's attorney Arthur Saldivar did call our newsroom to say that his client's actions have been misrepresented. He said she did not deliberately knock down anyone - it was an accident - but one triggered by stunts that Lyndon Morrisson was pulling to taunt her.

Saldivar says that with Sosa on the back of the bike, Morrison was pulling up beside her car on his motorbike and then braking suddenly in front of her.

He says that this was preceded by Calaney Flowers telling off Morrison at their home on Mahogany Street. She allegedly told him to move out of their home and told him he could not see their child.

Saldivar says she then left to go see a volleyball game which is when he started to taunt her with his motorbike. He says this ended when he intentionally stopped in front of her at the Freetown Road speedbump - and she swerved to avoid him, but couldn't.

She then drove off from the scene and went to tell his family what had happened.

That version of events differs sharply from Sochyl Sosa's version. She said that Flowers followed them and crashed deliberately into them when they slowed down at the bump.

Saldivar says there's no way that the car could have chased down a motorbike.

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