LOCAL : Saldana Attacker Gets 5 Years
An obsessed fan who stabbed actress Theresa Saldana was sentenced today to five years and eight months in prison for sending her threatening letters from jail, and she pleaded with him to “take me out of your thoughts.”
Arthur Jackson, a 55-year-old Scottish drifter who has been in prison for eight years for the attempted murder of Saldana, was unchastened and read to the court a rambling “declaration of war” if he is sent back to state prison. He also demanded to be executed. He denied he ever intended any harm to Saldana.
The actress took the witness stand and told how her family had suffered since Jackson first attacked her on a West Hollywood street in 1982. When Jackson began sending threatening letters from jail, she said: “My peace of mind was shattered.”
Judge James Bascue imposed the maximum sentence allowed under a new California law that makes it a crime for prisoners to continue threatening their victims from jail.
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