JOHN MAYES GOES ON TRIAL ON WEDNESDAY. HE'S THE FARMINGTON MAN WHO'S ACCUSED OF SLIPPING INTO DR. JAMES NORDSTRUM'S HOME BACK IN 2011 AND BEATING HIM WITH A POOL CUT … HIDING HIS BODY IN A WOOD PILE … AND GOING SHOPPING WITH NORDSTRUM'S CREDIT CARD. MAYES WAS 17 AT THE TIME.
MAYES INITIALLY TOLD POLICE HE HIT THE DOCTOR WITH THE POOL CUE WHEN NORDSTRUM CAME INTO A BEDROOM WHERE MAYES WAS HIDING. LATER, HE TESTIFIED THE DOCTOR MADE SEXUAL ADVANCES TOWARDS HIM BEFORE HE HIT HIM.
MAYES' TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST EIGHT DAYS.
