BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A man accused of illegally injecting a woman with silicone before her death was sentenced Wednesday.
Donnie Hendrix was given the maximum sentence of five years for operating without a license. He was given "time served" for a culpable negligence conviction.
Before his sentencing, Hendrix, who prefers to go by a woman's name and dress as a woman, apologized to his victim's daughter.
"I'd like to begin by expressing my sorrow. For a child to lose her mother, is unmistakably a great tragedy," said Hendrix.
Hendrix's co-defendant Mark Hawkins has a hearing for a new trial next week. The men were accused of causing the death of Vera Lawrence by injecting her buttocks with a large amount of industrial silicone at a "pumping party."
Hawkins' attorney is requesting a new trial because he said it was learned that a nurse on the jury panel was giving medical information to the panel.
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Donnie Hendrix was given the maximum sentence of five years for operating without a license. He was given "time served" for a culpable negligence conviction.
Before his sentencing, Hendrix, who prefers to go by a woman's name and dress as a woman, apologized to his victim's daughter.
"I'd like to begin by expressing my sorrow. For a child to lose her mother, is unmistakably a great tragedy," said Hendrix.
Hendrix's co-defendant Mark Hawkins has a hearing for a new trial next week. The men were accused of causing the death of Vera Lawrence by injecting her buttocks with a large amount of industrial silicone at a "pumping party."
Hawkins' attorney is requesting a new trial because he said it was learned that a nurse on the jury panel was giving medical information to the panel.
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