Ferocity of attacks described in trial over killing at church

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 08, 2012

~~<p>David Orpin clubbed a man so severely that when police found the body, they thought the bloody skull fractures had been caused by a bullet that had cut through the head, Deputy Prosecutor Scott Spallina said Tuesday in his opening statement in Orpin's murder trial.</p>
<p>Orpin, 60, is on trial in state court for the beating death of 62-year-old Arthur Martinez in October 2010 in a church parking lot in Manoa.</p>
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David Orpin clubbed a man so severely that when police found the body, they thought the bloody skull fractures had been caused by a bullet that had cut through the head, Deputy Prosecutor Scott Spallina said Tuesday in his opening statement in Orpin's murder trial.

Orpin, 60, is on trial in state court for the beating death of 62-year-old Arthur Martinez in October 2010 in a church parking lot in Manoa. Login for more...