Thursday, 15 March 2012

Ex-death row inmate faces assault charge

Scotsman Kenny Richey, who spent two decades on death row in the United States, is due to face trial in a British court on assault and robbery charges, officials said Tuesday.

Richey, who was spared the death penalty last summer after striking a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors, was charged with breaking into the apartment of Robert McCall in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, and stealing his cell phone in July.

Prosecutors also accuse Richey of returning to the apartment a few days later, wearing a mask, and beating McCall with a metal rod, striking him in the head and knocking him down a flight of stairs.

Richey denies four charges, including …

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