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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ken Ritter and Rio Yamat

Nevada judge attacked by defendant during sentencing in Vegas courtroom scene captured on video

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A judge in Las Vegas was attacked by a defendant during his sentencing in a felony battery case after his plea was denied on Wednesday.

Clark County district judge Mary Kay Holthus was pronouncing the sentence while convicting Deobra Delone Redden when he leaped over a defence table and the judge's bench and landed atop her.

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