Unsealed court records show defense costs in Hugo Selenski double-murder case more than $517K
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The taxpayer-funded defense of Pennsylvania man convicted last month of strangling a drug-dealing pharmacist and his girlfriend and burying their bodies in his yard has cost more than $517,000.
That tab was calculated using more than 130 recently unsealed court orders in the case of Hugo Selenski.
He was convicted of first-degree murder but spared the death penalty last month in the flex ties strangulations of Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett during a 2002 robbery. Their bodies were found in Selenski's yard in June 2003 and he was charged nearly three years later.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The court records show the attorneys' fees and other defense costs are $517,351.
The bills also include DNA experts, photo copying costs and consultations with a psychologist and pathologist used by Selenski's attorneys.