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Logan County Torture Update Save Email Print
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP)
Posted: 10:30 PM Jun 23, 2008
Last Updated: 5:26 PM Jun 23, 2008

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The final defendants in the Logan County torture case are set for trial later this summer, while another suspect recently pleaded guilty.

Assistant Prosecutor Robert Ilderton said Monday that Lennie Burton Jr. pleaded guilty to battery June 9 as part of a deal approved by the victim, 21-year-old Megan Williams. Burton was given a six-month suspended jail sentence and placed on one year of supervised probation.

Burton could have received up to a year in jail for the misdemeanor, which stemmed from the suspect striking Williams in the head with his fist.

The Charleston woman was held captive for several days last summer at a Big Creek trailer.

Defendants Bobby Brewster and Danny Combs are scheduled for trial in July and August, respectively. Four others pleaded guilty earlier.

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