ATLANTA (AP) – The Latest on the trial of a man accused of pouring boiled water on a sleeping gay couple (all times local):
11:15 a.m.
A defense attorney for a man accused of throwing boiled water on a same-sex couple as they slept in a suburban Atlanta apartment told jurors her client was reacting to behavior he found disrespectful.
Martin Blackwell faces charges including aggravated battery and aggravated assault in the February attack that left Anthony Gooden and Marquez Tolbert with serious burns.
The 48-year-old Blackwell was a long-distance trucker and stayed with his girlfriend, Kim Foster, when he was in town. Gooden is Foster’s son, and Tolbert was Gooden’s boyfriend.