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| Lawyer says mentally disabled client beaten in holding cell |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/14/2005 |
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An attorney for a mentally challenged man says he was severely beaten in a holding cell at the Kingsport Justice Center in Tennessee. David Lee McClellan of Gate City, Virginia, is held in lieu of 100-thousand dollars bond, charged with fondling a nine-year-old boy. Police say McClellan lured the child into a rest room stall at a restaurant two weeks ago. The 43-year-old suspect was scheduled for arraignment last week in Kingsport General Sessions court. It was delayed. Bristol attorney Lynn Dougherty represents McClellan. He says inmates' claims that McClellan hurt himself in a fall are absurd. Sullivan County Sheriff's Captain Johnny Murray says investigators are interviewing inmates, but no one has admitted assaulting McClellan. There were ten others in the cell with McClellan. He also says McClellan isn't cooperating, saying he doesn't remember what happened. Dougherty and co-counsel Mike Carico say they requested McClellan be placed in protective custody. Dougherty says they were assured he would be. |
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