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Federal prosecutors ask for 10-year sentence for Catherine Greig, girlfriend of James Whitey Bulger

Jun 9, 2012 04:26 AM

The filing also revealed that Bulger, despite his reputation as a vicious criminal, had a fear of shots and once referred to himself as a “dental chicken.”

The prosecutor disclosed those tidbits in a discussion of Greig’s “signicant role” in helping Bulger to obtain medical and dental care.

The prosecutor said Greig “actively helped Bulger through various medical procedures.”

“One doctor reported that Bulger was a considered a high fear, or high anxiety patient. The medical and dental records also show that Bulger had a fear of shots — he described himself in one written form as a ‘dental chicken, from Chicago,’” the filing said.

Greig was present during procedures to calm him down, the prosecutor said. But that wasn’t simply compassion on her part. She was there so Bulger, who was “often abusive toward medical staff” wouldn’t “lash out in a way that might reveal his or her true identity.”

The prosecutor said Greig’s was “as extreme a case of harboring ... as may exist in any domestic case.”

He also said Greig had shown no remorse for her actions.

“Although the Defendant has pled guilty here, she still has shown no remorse for her actions,” the filing said. “While she had been forced, as a result of her arrest, to confront the consequences of her crimes, she has shown no respect for the laws she has violated. Her loyalty to Bulger appears paramount, and overrides any respect she has for the law.”



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