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Alleged 'cannibal cop' won't testify at trial

Gilberto Valle, a six-year veteran of the New

Photo credit: Handout | Gilberto Valle, a six-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, was arrested on charges that he kept files on women on his computer, discussed with a co-conspirator abducting a woman for $5,000 and mused about putting other women in his oven and cooking them. (2012)

Accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle teared up in court Tuesday as defense attorneys played a video tour of the "dark fetish" website that got him in trouble and then rested their case after Valle told the judge he had decided not to testify.

"It started bringing the experience back to him," defense attorney Robert Baum said of Valle's emotional reaction. "It's the knowledge that we're finally...

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