A jury found Byad Lockett and Darryl Watson guilty in the Sept. 2021 Essex County jail attack against then 21-year-old Jayshawn Boyd , prosecutors announced Wednesday. The jury found Lockett and. Jayshawn Boyd , 22, was standing in a common area of the Essex County Correctional Facility in New Jersey on September 23 when a group of seven inmates in white started beating him - eventually. Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced today that Superior Court Judge Ronald D. Wigler sentenced Essex County Jail inmate Darryl Watson to 20 years in prison for attempted murder in the jailhouse beating of fellow inmate Jayshawn Boyd , 22, of Newark. Stephens, II announced today that two Essex County jail inmates were convicted of attempted murder for brutally beating Jayshawn Boyd with a microwave oven and other items. A third inmate was found guilty of attacking Boyd with additional weapons. Jayshawn Boyd has filed a lawsuit against the Essex County jail after he was nearly beaten to death at the facility last year. He is pictured with his brother and sister before the attack. An Essex County inmate has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempted murder in the jailhouse, officials said. Darryl Watson received the sentence for the beating of fellow inmate. Seven inmates attacked Jayshawn Boyd at the Essex County jail in Newark, beating him unconscious by punching him in the face and stomping on his head, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Jayshawn Boyd , 22, who is schizophrenic, was placed in a gang unit in September after missing a hearing for incidents with his family at home. Surveillance video posted on social media shows. Surveillance video of the incident on September 23, 2021, shows 22-year-old Jayshawn Boyd was relentlessly attacked for two minutes and 23 second by a group of seven fellow detainees in the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) gang unit, who knocked him to the floor and stomped on his head, beating him with fists, a broom, a microwave oven. Lockett, along with fellow inmate Darryl Watson, were convicted in June for the attack against then 21-year-old Jayshawn Boyd . The jury found Lockett and Watson guilty of attempted murder,.
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A jury found Byad Lockett and Darryl Watson guilty in the Sept. 2021 Essex County jail attack against then 21-year-old Jayshawn Boyd , prosecutors announced Wed...