Hannah Payne, 25, is in jail serving a life sentence for the homicide of Kenneth Herring, 62. A Georgia choose issued the ruling earlier this month after years of a stalled trial.
Following the sentencing, Clayton County District Attorney Tasha Mosley revealed Payne and her sufferer’s households are receiving demise threats.
A jury convicted her of felony homicide, malice homicide, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and three fees of weapons possession on Dec. 13, per FOX 5 Atlanta. The 25-year-old is anticipated to serve not less than 43 years behind bars earlier than changing into eligible for parole.
On this week’s episode of TSR Investigates, Justin Carter explores what occurred after Hannah Payne selected to take the legislation into her personal palms.
Hannah Payne Pursued Kenneth Herring After Police Told Her Not To
This incident pre-dates the COVID-19 pandemic when Payne was 21 years outdated. At the time, she had witnessed Herring crash into the again of a semi-truck in Clayton County. Everyone concerned, together with Hannah, stayed on the crash scene for about 20 minutes, awaiting police.
Suddenly, Kenneth hopped in his truck and drove off. Hannah pursued him, claiming that she believed he was drunk. An investigation later revealed that Kenneth was really struggling a medical emergency resulting from his diabetes and was seemingly in search of assist. Kenneth reportedly had no medicine or alcohol in his system, per a toxicology report.
In a 911 name performed in courtroom, the 911 dispatcher clearly and repeatedly tells Hannah Payne to not pursue the 62-year-old. Despite saying she understood, she ignored the dispatcher’s directives. Instead, she informed the dispatcher she was going to proceed the pursuit. Hannah finally cornered his truck, exited her car, and confronted Herring.
She claims that they started to argue, and Herring grabbed her shirt and hit the gasoline — dragging her just a little. At that time, she claims she introduced her gun and shot him. He later died on the hospital.
Following the ruling, the DA revealed plans to pursue anybody threatening Payne and Herring’s household.
Watch the complete TSRI episode beneath to get the main points of what went down and what Hannah Payne needed to say in courtroom.
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