COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who drove his car into a group of mourners at a South Carolina cemetery, hurting 11 of them, has been sentenced to 80 years in prison. Kester, who acted as his own attorney, vented his anger against the Department of Mental Health in his closing statement before offering a brief apology. Kester drove to the cemetery in his Cadillac Seville after seeing an obituary in the newspaper for Margaret “Peggy” Livingstone that mentioned she worked for the Department of Mental Health, prosecutors said. He asked the mourners at the graveside service if they were there for her funeral, then gunned his engine and drove into them, authorities said. The mourners who were injured testified before Newman sentenced Kester, describing broken legs, arms and hips as well as panic attacks, memories of screams and sleepless nights.

Source: National Post October 15, 2018 18:36 UTC