The 2021 killing of Anza Vista resident Vicha Ratanapakdee has its murder trial underway, and accused 24-year-old killer Antoine Watson took the stand in his own defense Tuesday. His explanations, though, were largely incoherent.
Nearly five full years since the January 28, 2021 killing of 84-year-old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee in a seemingly unprovoked sidewalk attack in the Anza Vista neighborhood, the murder trial of the accused killer Antione Watson just started last month. Watson was only 19 at the time, but surveillance video capturing the killing leaves little doubt that Watson delivered the apparently fatal push to the elderly man. Watson is charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and inflicting injury on an elder likely to cause great bodily injury.
Watson has pleaded not guilty, and took the stand in his own defense Tuesday to give his version of events, according to NBC Bay Area. KGO was also there covering Watson’s testimony, and Watson may have done himself few favors with testimony that made little narrative sense…