PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Three women have pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the deadly beating of a homeless man outside a Philadelphia gas station.
Philly.com reports 37-year-old Aleathea Gillard, 27-year-old Kaisha Duggins and 26-year-old Shareena Joachim entered their pleas Monday. Three juveniles also accused in the attack have already pleaded guilty to charges including third-degree murder.
Prosecutors say Gillard rounded up a group to attack 51-year-old Robert Barnes in April 2015 after her 10-year-old son told her that Barnes had hit him and used a racial slur. Assistant District Attorney Erica Rebstock says surveillance video shows no contact between Barnes and the boy.
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Barnes was punched, kicked and hit with a hammer and a piece of wood. He fell into a coma and died seven months later.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 20.
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Information from: Philly.com, http://www.philly.com/
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