"Leatham also faces charges of intentionally causing the permanent disability and disfigurement and deprivation of a limb, organ, and body of Lind, who lost an eye in the attack. In court Tuesday, Leatham rocked in his chair and listened as Solano County Deputy Sheriff Wes Simpson was called to testify about the alleged escape attempt that he said occurred in December while Leatham was transported to court in Vallejo."
"Simpson testified that he had transported Leatham in a county transport vehicle with individual cells for inmates from Fairfield to the Vallejo courthouse. After entering through security gates and stopping near a secure door that gives officers access to bring inmates into the back of the courthouse, he said he opened the transport vehicle door to allow Leatham to get out of the vehicle. Leatham was shackled in leg irons and belly chains, and Simpson said that as she exited the vehicle, she bolted to the back of the transport and toward the open gate that the vehicle"
Alexander Jeffrey Leatham, 30, is charged in the death of Emma Borhanian and the attempted murder of Vallejo landlord Curtis Lind, with an enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury on a victim 70 years or older. Lind suffered stab wounds and lost an eye during the assault; he shot and killed Borhanian during the assault, and under felony murder law Leatham is charged with her death. Leatham faces additional charges alleging intentional causing of permanent disability, disfigurement and deprivation of a limb, organ or body. Court testimony described an alleged December escape attempt while Leatham was transported to the Vallejo courthouse, with surveillance and body camera footage played for the hearing.
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