Overview
- Watson, sentenced Thursday by Judge Linda Colfax to three years in state prison and five years of probation, received credit for time served that could free him later today.
- The court ordered him to live with his mother in Hayward under probation terms and to follow conditions set by the court.
- A San Francisco jury in January convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and assault in the 2021 shove that killed 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, and acquitted him of murder and elder abuse.
- The attack was captured on a security camera and became a focal point for the Stop Asian Hate movement after Ratanapakdee died two days later.
- Ratanapakdee’s daughter called the punishment deeply disappointing and said the consequences do not match the harm to their family or the need to protect seniors.