Another inmate sentenced to 20 years for part in brutal Essex County jail beating

Katie Sobko, NorthJersey.com
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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 Jayshawn Boyd, 22, of Newark.

A jury found Watson guilty in June for the September 2019 incident. Watson and six other inmates beat Boyd in the county jail with a microwave, a water cooler, an industrial mop bucket and other things, leaving him with permanent brain damage, said acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.

Previous sentence: Man sentenced to 20 years for brutal Essex County jail attack in 2021

Superior Court Judge Ronald D. Wigler ordered the sentence to run consecutive to the sentence Watson is serving for murder. The judge previously sentenced Watson to 70 years for the murder of Newark resident Fred Sims in February 2019.

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