One of two brothers on trial in the beating of a Baltimore teenager jumped out of his seat during court proceedings Tuesday morning to render aid to a courtroom observer who passed out.
WBAL-TV 11 News reporter Lowell Melser tweeted shortly after 10:30 a.m. that an observer in the courtroom passed out.
�As soon as she passed out, Avi Werdesheim jumped up out of his seat to render aid,� Melser tweeted.
The woman was OK when she left the courtroom with emergency workers.
Werdesheim, and his brother Eli, are accused of beating a teenager while on a neighborhood watch patrol in the 3200 block of Fallstaff Road on Nov. 19, 2010.
Last month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Pamela White granted the defense�s request for a bench trial and is hearing the case.
(Source: WBAL-TV)
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I thought this case was dismissed
If this was a jury trial, this may just have helped.
Originally it was to be a jury trial. However, with all the negative publicity about neighborhood watch groups related to the Trayvon whats-his-name shooting, they asked for it to be postponed until that blows over. Instead, the judge agreed to a non-jury trial.
Nevertheless, with Hashem’s help this might improve the judge’s opinion of their character.