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Maine man uses insanity defense in fatal stabbing

Photo: Androscoggin County Jail


AUBURN, Maine (AP) Jury selection is underway in the murder trial of a Maine man accused of stabbing a woman to death in front of her 11-year-old twins in Lewiston, Maine.

Albert Flick, who’s using an insanity defense, originally requested that his case be heard by a judge without a jury. But he changed his mind and jury selection began Monday.

The victim, 48-year-old Kimberly Dobbie, was attacked outside a laundromat in July 2018. Bystanders tackled Flick, then 76, and held him for police.

Flick was convicted of murder in 1979 in a similar case in which he stabbed his wife, Sandra Flick, 14 times in front of their child. He’s been in trouble with the law several times since his 2000 release. Charges included domestic violence assault and criminal threatening.

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