Bun B and his spouse, Queenie (actual title Angela Partitions), had been the victims of a 2019 armed house invasion. 5 years after Demonte Jackson’s arrest, the then 20-year-old intruder has realized his destiny: 40 years behind bars, in keeping with Houston’s Fox 26 and CBS affiliate KHOU 11. The choice got here Friday (June 7), sooner or later after the musician’s testimony.
The UGK rap legend — born Bernard Freeman — took the stand at Jackson’s sentencing listening to on Thursday (June 6), the place he delivered a poignant testimony recounting the house invasion and detailed the emotional toll its taken on his household.
“There are occasions when [Queenie] will get closed off,” he stated in courtroom footage shared by Houston’s Fox 26. “She will’t talk, and I simply get so offended yet again as a result of she didn’t deserve this. She didn’t ask for this.”
“Simply the thought of seeing my spouse on this state, listening to her voice on this state,” the artist stated in courtroom, per video shared by ABC information affiliate KTRK in Houston. “I imply I’m her husband, that’s my major job, is defending her, making her really feel protected.”
The couple’s ordeal started in April 2019 when Queenie answered their Houston house’s entrance door anticipating an Amazon supply, however as a substitute was confronted with a masked armed robber. Jackson held a terrified Queenie at gunpoint and demanded valuables whereas she led him to the storage.
“I needed to confront the one who put that concern in my spouse’s voice,” Bun informed the courtroom. “She was very panicked. She was borderline hysterical. She simply didn’t need me to exit that door and face the particular person with the gun.”
Nonetheless, Bun B grabbed his firearm and headed to the storage the place he discovered Jackson behind the wheel of his Audi, and the 2 exchanged gunfire.
The Trill OG rapper wounded Jackson — now 25 years previous — with a shot within the shoulder. After a quick tussle, Jackson tried to flee the scene on foot, however Bun caught and unmasked him so he could possibly be recognized, however the intruder finally bought away. After being handled at an area hospital for his accidents, police apprehended Jackson and he pleaded responsible in December 2019 to 2 counts of aggravated theft and one rely of housebreaking.
“I needed to know who that was behind the masks,” the H-City rapper defined in courtroom. “I needed to know if this was somebody I knew personally or somebody that knew somebody I knew personally.”
Bun B additionally shared that the traumatizing incident nonetheless impacts Queenie to at the present time. “She was damaged. She was completely damaged,” he added, in keeping with ABC13. “My spouse by no means stepped foot in that home once more.”
Watch clips of Bun B’s testimony under.
