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Jury to ponder homeless camp assault case
Defendant takes the stand, claims self-defense in fight with injured man
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Attorney Dan Sammons addresses the jury Thursday afternoon in Hall County Superior Court during the trial of his client David William Keener. Keener is charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault at a Gainesville homeless camp in August 2014.
Under the threat of a man going to “cheese grate (his) face on the asphalt,” David William Keener testified Thursday afternoon how he said he defended himself against a man allegedly intending to kill him. Keener, 50, is charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery. He is accused of kicking Steven Yearwood in the face with steel-toed boots, then sewing his injured ear.