A former in-home caretaker will spend 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a blind woman’s husband.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/1MGipKm) no time will be suspended for 53-year-old Anthony Wayne Charleston under a sentence issued Wednesday by Superior Court Judge Paul Lyle.
Charging documents say the woman called 911 in March 2013 when her husband, 59-year-old David Schei, was shot and killed. In an interview with Alaska State Troopers, Charleston said he dropped the woman off at home. He said when he returned shortly afterward at her request, Schei started punching him.
An investigator wrote in charging documents that Charleston said he fell backward and pulled a gun from his pocket, shooting Schei.
Charleston apologized in court, and said he wasn’t a violent or angry person.
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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com
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