GRAND RAPIDS – "We are sorry."
"We wish we could bring him back."
"We never meant to kill him."
Those were the statements in Kent County Circuit Court on Tuesday from Robert Kelly, 18, and Domnard White, 17, after watching cell phone video that showed them beating and kicking Scott Simerson into a coma.
Kelly and White were in court for sentencing after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Last May, Simerson was watching over some children on a playground at Sibley School in Grand Rapids. When he noticed some older boys he thought were harassing the children, he moved the children away. That's when he was attacked by White, Kelly and 2 juveniles.
"Mr. Simerson was surrounded by 4 young men looking for all the world like they were wolves closing in on their prey," Judge Donald Johnston said after the prosecution played the cell phone video of the assault. "They ganged up on him striking blows, kicking him and causing his death."
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