The jury on day four of the Christopher Luke Pratt unlawful imprisonment, domestic violence and phone destruction trial heard only two witnesses today who spoke only for about five minutes each. The two women are co-workers of the alleged victim, a 35-year-old Marshall woman. After their testimony, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Dan Buscher told the judge outside the presence of the jury that over the weekend, he came into possession of 20.8 hours of recorded telephone conversations that Pratt had from jail with various family members involving 95 calls. He said five of those calls contain incriminating comments about the alleged crimes for which he is on trial. Defense attorney J. Thomas Schaeffer objected on the grounds that the prosecution had plenty of time to obtain and transcribe those records since Pratt has been lodged in jail since June 24. Judge Stephen Miller ruled only one call could be heard by the jury but references to other cases must first be redacted. The case continues tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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