73-Year-Old Beloit Man Takes Plea In 2015 Killing Of His Roommate

A 73-year-old Beloit man has agreed to plead no contest to charges he stabbed his roommate to death almost four years ago.  The murder trial for Percy Oliver was scheduled to start today (Monday), but his attorney says Oliver had “a change of heart” late last week.  He entered his plea Thursday to a charge of second-degree reckless homicide.  Fifty-one-year-old David Banks was stabbed and thrown from a fire escape in June 2015.  The trial was delayed several times when Oliver’s physical and mental health were questioned.