Trial to begin in Derrion Albert beating death

The murder trial of a young man charged in the beating death of Derrion Albert is set to get under way.

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday for Silvonus Shannon, one of several teens charged in the 2009 death of the 16-year-old Fenger High School student on his way home from school.

The first defendant in the case, a 15-year-old boy, was convicted last month in juvenile court.

Shannon is the first defendant being tried as an adult.

Prosecutors say Shannon and the others were part of a mob that descended on Albert as he made his way home from school in September 2009.

On a video captured by a cell phone camera, Albert is seen being punched, slammed over his head with large boards, kicked and finally stomped on his head.

-- Associated Press     
 

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