Marlene Bird attends Leslie Black dangerous offender hearing
When Marlene Bird arrived in court for Leslie Black’s dangerous offender hearing, she moved her wheelchair as close as possible to the man who forced her into it.
Bird was the victim of a brutal attack by Black in 2014. As a result of the attempted murder, Bird was beat, sexually assaulted and burned, which resulted in the loss of much of her eyesight and the amputation of both legs.
“I don’t really like looking at him,” Bird told paNOW outside the courtroom. “I wanted to make him see what he did to me. I know it’s not right.”
Bird said she was upset to learn that the sexual assault charge against Black was dropped when he entered his guilty plea for attempted murder.