he's knot a mobster,but i thot this was interesting nontheless.like, a notorious serial killer got his a** kicked by an AB member



Final arguments in the mass murder trial of accused

December 10, 1981

Final arguments in the mass murder trial of accused Freeway Killer William Bonin, still suffering from a broken nose and two black eyes received in an apparent beating, were delayed again Thursday.

Superior Court Judge William Keene conferred with attorneys for both sides and then announced that because of Bonin's physical condition the defendant was unable to appear for final arguments and the trial was postponed until 10 a.m. PST Monday.

Later in the day the sheriff's department announced that it was closing its investigation into Bonin's injuries because the city attorney's decided not to file charges in the incident.

Deputy City Attorney Charles Goldenberg said there was insufficient evidence to file a battery charge.

Bonin has recanted his earlier claim that his nose was broken and his eyes blackened in a fall while in a courthouse lockup with another accused Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono and the reputed leader of a white supremacist prison gang.

Defense attorney William Charvet said Bonin, on trial for the homosexual torture slayings of a dozen youths, now refuses to make any statement about the injuries he received in a cell just before final arguments were to have begunTuesday.

But evidence suggests he was beaten by one of his two cellmates, John W. Stinson, a convicted murderer and reputed leader of the prison-spawned outlaw gang Aryan Brotherhood.

An unidentified deputy sheriff who was one of the first on the scene after the incident in the 14th floor holding cell said he noticed Stinson's knuckles were bruised.

'It looked like Stinson had tried to put him through the wall,' the deputy said.

Attorneys for the other inmate in the holding cell with Bonin, accused Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono Jr., said he claims he was dozing and does not know how Bonin was injured.

The 34-year-old Bonin's injuries forced postponement of final arguments in the Freeway Killer trial Tuesday and Judge Keene told jurors to return Thursday. But defense attorney Charvet asked for another postponment, arguing that his client's physical appearance may prejudice the jury against him.

Deputies responsible for him said they had no reason to fear for Bonin's safety when they put him into the holding cell with Buono and Stinson. Bonin and Buono have reportedly gotten along well enough during the periods when they have shared the lockup cell during breaks in their trials.

But members of the Aryan Brotherhood have been responsible for past attacks on prisoners convicted of child molesting and homosexual crimes.