Hannah Payne, 25, is in jail serving a life sentence for the homicide of Kenneth Herring, 62. A Georgia decide issued the ruling earlier this month after years of a stalled trial.
Following the sentencing, Clayton County District Lawyer Tasha Mosley revealed Payne and her sufferer’s households are receiving dying 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 predicted to serve at the least 43 years behind bars earlier than turning 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 fingers.
Hannah Payne Pursued Kenneth Herring After Police Advised Her Not To
This incident pre-dates the COVID-19 pandemic when Payne was 21 years outdated. On the time, she had witnessed Herring crash into the again of a semi-truck in Clayton County. Everybody concerned, together with Hannah, stayed on the crash scene for about 20 minutes, awaiting police.
Instantly, 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 as a result of his diabetes and was seemingly looking for assist. Kenneth reportedly had no medication or alcohol in his system, per a toxicology report.
In a 911 name performed in court docket, the 911 dispatcher clearly and repeatedly tells Hannah Payne to not pursue the 62-year-old. Regardless of saying she understood, she ignored the dispatcher’s directives. As an alternative, she advised the dispatcher she was going to proceed the pursuit. Hannah finally cornered his truck, exited her automobile, and confronted Herring.
She claims that they started to argue, and Herring grabbed her shirt and hit the gasoline — dragging her a bit of. 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 total TSRI episode beneath to get the main points of what went down and what Hannah Payne needed to say in court docket.
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