Former U.Va. lax player denied new slay trial

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend lost his bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge concluded there was ample evidence to support his conviction by a jury of second-degree murder.

George Huguely V sat mostly impassively during the 2 1/2-hour hearing as a judge rejected defense motion after defense motion seeking a new trial in the May 2010 slaying of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Yeardley Love, who also was a lacrosse player at U.Va.