Bun B‘s would-be robber has received a harsh sentence for his April 2019 attempted home invasion of the UGK rapper’s Houston home.
ABC 13 is reporting that Demonte Jackson was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Friday (June 7) for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and engaging in organized crime using and exhibiting a deadly weapon.
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Jackson pleaded guilty to the felony charges. He will be eligible for parole in 20 years.
Jackson claimed to be suffering from mental health issues, and had his grandmother testifying to the same on his behalf.
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His attorney also claimed that he would be getting mental health treatment while behind bars.
Two days ago, Bun B took the stand and spoke about the ordeal, saying it “still affects our life,” referring to his longtime wife, who was also at home at the time of the incident.
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The Texas rapper testified for around 20 minutes during the sentencing hearing.
Bun B opened up about the emotional impact that the robbery had on his wife Angela “Queenie” Walls, saying: “This was an entirely new traumatizing incident. This is something we still deal with to this day.
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“There are times when she gets closed off. She can’t communicate, and I just get so angry all over again because she didn’t deserve this. She didn’t ask for this,” he continued while holding back tears.
The rap veteran added that his wife never stepped foot in the house again after leaving the following day, as she was so traumatized by the robbery.
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Bun B also recounted the events of the night where his wife answered the door thinking it was a delivery driver but was instead greeted by a masked robber. He detailed how he heard the robbery from a different floor in the house, and that Jackson was holding a gun to his wife’s head.
Bun then said that upon hearing the commotion, he grabbed his gun but his wife told him: “Don’t come downstairs. He’s going to kill me.”
He added: “She was very panicked. She was borderline hysterical. She just did not want me to go out that door and face the person with the gun.”
By this time, Jackson had made his way to the garage and was sitting in their car when Bun B fired several shots at the intruder, with one hitting him in the shoulder.
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The two continued to exchange gunshots before fighting on the floor of the garage, with Jackson managing to escape.
Bun explained that he chased after Jackson and caught up to him before taking off his mask: “I wanted to know who that was behind the mask. I wanted to know if this was someone I knew personally or someone that knew someone I knew personally. Just the idea of seeing my wife in this state, I wanted to know who had done this to her.”
