NORTH CAROLINA
WLOS
by Jennifer Emert
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) —
A jury of eight men and four women has been seated to hear the case against a Spindale minister on trial for abusing one of the church’s members in 2013.
The 12-member jury was seated about 3:25 p.m. Wednesday to hear the case against Brooke Covington. Late Wednesday afternoon, one of two alternate jurors was selected to hear the case.
Selection for the last alternate juror will begin at 9:15 a.m. Thursday. Among the jurors is a former law enforcement officer.
Covington, who is one of four Word of Faith Fellowship church members charged with assaulting and kidnapping Matthew Fenner in January 2013, walked out of the Rutherford County Courthouse surrounded by church members just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. Other members from Word of Faith Fellowship were in the courtroom Wednesday, listening to the jury selection process.
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