As a jury convicted him of raping his girlfriend\u2019s then 13 year old daughter, a former California teacher slit his throat in court Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Scott Jones, 56, sliced his throat with a razor after being convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and continuous sexual abuse in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana.<\/p>\n
Senior Deputy District Attorney Heather Brown said: \u00a0“Right after the judge asked if we wanted jurors polled, both attorneys said no, and then he took a razor out of his left pocket and slashed his throat. \u00a0His head hit the table and I thought he fainted, but then I saw the blood and the razor on the table.”<\/p>\n
Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Lt. Mark Stichter said Jones had to be restrained while\u00a0medical personnel worked on him. \u00a0The injury was not life-threatening and Jones was treated at a hospital. \u00a0Stichter said the sheriff\u2019s department would investigate how Jones, who had been free on bond, obtained his weapon.<\/p>\n
Brown said during the trial Jones had been abusing the now-17-year-old girl since she was in eighth grade.<\/p>\n
The jury deliberated about two hours before rendering its verdict.<\/p>\n
Judge Steven Bromberg set sentencing for Nov. 4. \u00a0Jones faces a possible 68 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"