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  • Inmate accused of taking guards hostage, raping one, refuses to attend trial in protest

    12/17/2004 8:51:04 PM PST · by SmithL · 68 replies · 1,471+ views
    AP ^ | 12/17/4 | BETH DeFALCO
    PHOENIX -- One of two inmates accused of taking a pair of guards hostage in a prison watchtower said Friday he would protest a judge's ruling by not attending his trial next month. Ricky Wassenaar, charged with attempted murder and sexual assault in the January standoff, said he was reacting to a decision requiring him to wear electronic monitors during his trial. He is abandoning plans to represent himself, he said. Shackled and under the watch of six SWAT team members during a pretrial hearing Friday, Wassenaar asked that he be allowed inside the courtroom without any type of restraints...