ONE OF THE SUSPECTS CONVICTED IN THE BRUTAL BEATING OF A LOCAL MAN LAST YEAR WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. CIRCUIT JUDGE LARRY KIRKSEY SENTENCED 47 YEAR OLD GARY REX HENSON TO TWO BACK TO BACK SENTENCES AND AN ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN THE DEATH OF JERRY LEE STOUT. THE ATTACK HAPPENED IN A FORMERLY OVERGROWN AREA IN BRISTOL KNOWN AS “THE JUNGLE” WHICH IS BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND BOB MORRISON BOULEVARD. STOUT WAS ROBBED OF 90 DOLLARS FROM HIS WALLET. PROSECUTORS CONTENDED THAT HENSON REPEATEDLY BEAT HENSON WITH A FIBERGLASS PIPE. TWO OTHER DEFENDEANTS, ANGELA DILLARD AND TAMMY WILLIAMS, PLEADED GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGES TO AVOID JURY TRIALS. A THIRD DEFENDANT, RICHARD LEWIS, WILL BE TRIED IN MARCH.