Live video of the punching attack by a cousin of the victim before the hammer murderer was sentenced to be executed in the DeKalb Courthouse.
Violence erupted in a DeKalb County court room Wednesday when a convicted killer was attacked by a relative of one of his victims.
A DeKalb County jury sentenced 31-year old CLAYTON ELLINGTON to death Tuesday. The attack happened just before DeKalb Superior Court Judge Ann Workman formally imposed the Jury’s sentence.
Ellington was convicted of the May 2006 brutal murders of his wife BERNA ELLINGTON and his two-year old twin sons, Cameron and Christian. Apparently the sentence wasn’t enough for one relative of the victims. EARL BRADFORD of Lithonia, a cousin of Berna Ellington, jumped over a rail that separated the defendant from spectators in the court room. Before DeKalb County Sheriff deputies could subdue him, he landed three punches to Clayton Ellington’s head.
Ellington had no visible injuries from the assault, but two deputies were injured trying to control the scuffle.
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