Judge revokes bond for grandmother charged with manslaughter
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Posted 10:37AM on Friday, October 25, 2002
ATLANTA - A judge has revoked the bond for an East Point woman on trial for involuntary manslaughter because she brought a nail and a piece of glass to court. <br>
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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Lane revoked the bond Thursday for Beverly Headspeth, who is charged in the death of her 3-year-old granddaughter Alexis. <br>
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The judge said the nail and the glass could have been considered weapons. <br>
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Prosecutors asked the judge to revoke bond after court officials said Headspeth passed the items to her boyfriend in her eyeglasses case in court Wednesday. Her boyfriend, Gregory Mena-Perez, is charged with child cruelty. <br>
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Beverly Headspeth is accused of failing to protect her granddaughter by leaving her in the care of her 11-year-old son, who prosecutors say killed Alexis. <br>
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Testimony continued in the trial Friday.