Thursday, 4:30 PM
Prosecutor: Man stabs own lawyer during rape trial
By Dan Muse, Globe Correspondent
A defendant accused of rape stabbed his own attorney today during routine jury selection, according to a spokesman from the Norfolk County District Attorney's office.
Spokesman Michael Connolly said that the defendant, Che Sosa, attacked his defense lawyer unprovoked at about 3:15 p.m., stabbing attorney John Courtney with a makeshift non-metal knife in the face and chest.
Courtney was rushed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Sosa is accused of nine counts of aggravated rape that stem from a 2001 case and is being tried in Norfolk Superior Court. He has not been charged in connection with today’s stabbing, which is being investigated by State Police.
Court is scheduled to meet Wednesday and a judge will determine how to proceed in the rape trial.
