【读新闻学英语】因为改了家里的WiFi密码,16岁男子把姐姐掐死了!
2019年8月13日 13:57一声叹息……
A US man who was 16 years old when he choked his sister until she died over an argument over the family's Wi-Fi password was sentenced to life in prison.
一名16岁的美国男子掐住姐姐的脖子直到她死去,而这一切都是因为对于家里WiFi密码的争吵。现在该男子已经被判入狱。
choked:窒息
Testimony during Kevon Watkins' trial said he was angry in February 2018 when he came home from school and changed his family's Wi-Fi password because sharing the connection made it too slow on his Xbox.
Kevon Watkins的审判证词说到2018年2月,他从学校回家后感到非常生气,于是修改了家里的WiFi密码,因为其他设备连接到此WiFi上会让他的Xbox游戏机连接速度变慢。
Testimony:证词
Alexus Watkins, 19, argued with her brother after he confronted their mother as she tried to take the video game system out of his room.Kevon Watkins put his sister in a chokehold and didn't let go for more than 10 minutes until police arrived .
因为他和母亲作对,19岁的姐姐Alexus Watkins想把游戏机从他的房间里面拿出来,于是和弟弟Kevon争吵了起来。Kevon Watkins掐住姐姐长达10分钟,直到警方赶到现场。
confronted:对付
Kevon Watkins' lawyer asked for a bench trial, and Bibb County Superior Court Judge Verda Colvin said she found him guilty of murder instead of voluntary manslaughter because his 13-year-old brother tried to get him to stop choking their sister.
Kevon Watkins的律师要求法官审判,Bibb County 的高级法官Verda Colvin表示她认为他犯了谋杀罪而不是过失杀人罪,因为他13岁的弟弟试图让他停止掐死姐姐。
bench trial:法官审判
"In those 10 minutes, she had to have stopped moving. Perhaps that wasn't noticed by the defendant because he was still angry," Colvin said.
Colvin说到:“在那10分钟内,她已经无法动弹了,也许他没有意识到,因为他仍然很生气。”
defendant:被告
Kevon Watkins cried along with his family sitting on courtroom benches after the sentence was announced.
在判决宣布之后,Kevon Watkins 和家人一起坐在法庭的长凳上哭泣。
benches:长椅
He was given a chance to speak before being led out of the courtroom, but the only thing that could be understood through his tears was "I'm sorry.”
在被带出法庭之前,他有机会说话,但是从他的眼泪里能看到的是“对不起”。
courtroom:法庭
Kevon Watkins told an investigator he and his sister argued nearly every day, and Colvin said she was sorry the adults in his life let him down and never disciplined him or gave him the tools to deal with his anger.
Kevon Watkins 告诉调查员,他和姐姐几乎每天都吵架。法官Colvin 表示她很遗憾Kevon的父母让他失望,也从未对他进行过纪律教育,也没有给过他工具让人释放愤怒。
investigator:调查员
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