ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, January 9, 1996 TAG: 9601100045
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
A homeless man who was shot by Madonna's bodyguard after scaling the walls of her estate was convicted Monday of stalking and terrorizing the pop star.
After deliberating 41/2 hours, the jury convicted Robert Dewey Hoskins of five counts of stalking, assault and making terrorist threats. Prosecutor Rhonda Saunders said she would seek the maximum sentence of 11 years in prison at Hoskins' Feb. 8 sentencing.
Hoskins, 38, described by his lawyer as homeless and harmless, showed no reaction as the verdicts were read.
Madonna, who was not in court for the verdict, issued a statement calling it a relief.
``I hope the outcome of this helps stalking victims know that the system can and does work,'' she said in the statement read to reporters by her attorney, Nicholas DeWitt.
- Associated Press
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