William David Payne II Sentenced To 23 Years Jail For Vicious Gay Bashing.
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In Janurary in Shreveport, Louisiana, man who was beaten with a pool cue in an anti-gay assault at the Sandbar nightclub. The victim, John Skaggs, suffered a broken jaw and eye socket and had to undergo extensive reconstructive surgery.
ShreveportHis attacker, William David Payne II, was sentenced to 23 years in prison this week:
Caddo District Court Judge Ramona Emanuel ordered Payne to serve 18 years for aggravated battery and the maximum of five years for a hate crime. She ordered the sentences to be served consecutively.
Payne had entered a guilty plea last week to charges he attacked John Skaggs with a pool cue and was in court for a multiple offender hearing. Payne admitted to the multiple offender charge, a release from the court said.
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