BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – A Berkeley County jury has sentenced a Goose Creek man to 20 years in prison after convicting him of violently assaulting his wife during a prolonged attack that prosecutors said nearly killed her.
Don Antoin Woody was found guilty of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature following a three-day trial in Moncks Corner, according to the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Judge Thomas W. McGee III imposed the maximum sentence allowed under state law. Woody was acquitted of a separate kidnapping charge.
The case stemmed from an incident on the night of June 12, 2022, when Woody was at home with his wife and her two children, authorities said. Testimony presented at trial described a brutal assault that unfolded after a verbal argument…