By Rod Leveque
Daily Bulletin
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — The Pasadena firefighter accused of hacking his wife to death with a samurai sword will claim at trial that the killing was in self-defense, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Michael Burton’s attorney, Winston McKesson, said Burton did not want to harm his wife on July 16, but was forced to repeatedly stab her to stave off her attack.
“She had been violent toward him before and we will show she was violent toward him that night,” McKesson said.
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