Ex-teacher slashes throat in court after being pronounced guilty of sexual assault

56-year-old Jeffrey Scott Jones caused a mild drama in a California courtroom when he pulled out a razor blade and slashed his throat, moments after being convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.

According to reports, the former high school English teacher slumped on a table in the courtroom and was rushed to a hospital Wednesday with non-life threatening injuries.

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“Right after the judge asked if we wanted jurors polled, both attorneys said no, and then he took a razor out of his left pocket and slashed his throat,” prosecutor Heather Brown told City News Service. “His head hit the table, and I thought he fainted. But then I saw the blood and the razor on the table.”

Defense attorney Ed Welbourn said he was sitting next to his client but did not see him cut his throat but became concerned when Jones’ head hit the table they were sitting at.

No one else was injured, the Orange County Superior Court said in a statement.

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