A man accused of breaking into a woman’s Rancho Penasquitos condominium and killing her is on trial for the woman’s murder for the second time , with opening statements and the first witness testimony delivered Monday.

Prosecutors allege Parrish Juan Chambers Jr., 47, smashed through a window to gain access to Nahal Connie Dadkhah’s home and beat her to death , while Chambers’ defense attorney, Abram Genser, argued any injuries Chambers may have inflicted were not life-threatening and Dadkhah died instead of a brain bleed caused by excessive methamphetamine use.

Dadkhah, 45, was found dead on a couch inside her Twin Trails Drive home on the morning of June 15, 2022, after Chambers told one of Dadkhah’s neighbors that she wasn’t breathing and asked him to call 911.

While several neighbor

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