June 17, 2008<\/p>\n
Ex-state school worker gets 5 years in burn case<\/p>\n
ABILENE, Texas \u2014 A former Abilene State School worker who burned a
\nseverely disabled woman’s face with a hair dryer was sentenced to five
\nyears in prison.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Kershaw, 33, of Abilene was sentenced Monday after being
\nconvicted in April of recklessly causing serious bodily injury to a
\ndisabled person, a second-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty
\nof 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
“The interesting thing about this case was that the judge found that
\nthe hair dryer was a deadly weapon,” said Taylor County prosecutor
\nLynn Peach.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old blind, deaf quadriplegic cannot speak but managed to
\nscream in pain, Peach said. She has scars after suffering
\nsecond-degree burns to her face, and she continues living in the
\nfacility for the mentally and developmentally disabled because she has
\nno family, Peach said.<\/p>\n
Kershaw, who was fired shortly after the 2006 incident, testified
\nthat the burning was an accident, the prosecutor said. He said he was
\ntrying to get her to turn her head so he could dry the other side of
\nher hair.<\/p>\n
Kershaw’s attorney Sam Mehaffey, who had sought probation for his
\nclient, did not immediately return calls to The Associated Press
\nseeking comment.<\/p>\n
Link: http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/5842948.html<\/p>\n
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June 17, 2008 Ex-state school worker gets 5 years in burn case ABILENE, Texas \u2014 A former Abilene State School worker who burned a severely disabled woman’s face with a hair dryer was sentenced to five years in prison. Benjamin…<\/p>\n