âI did not intentionally do that:â Roger Self tearfully testifies in court during sentencing hearing
Roger Self takes the stand in murder trial in Gaston County By WBTV Web Staff | April 12, 2021 at 9:55 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:55 PM
BESSEMER CITY, NC (WBTV) - Nearly three years ago, Roger Self rammed his SUV into a Gaston County restaurant where his family was dining on a Sunday afternoon.
Self is accused of intentionally driving his car into the Surf & Turf Restaurant in Bessemer City, killing two of his family members, and injuring several others, on May 20, 2018.
Investigators said Self was having lunch with his family when he got up, went to his car and drove it into the building. His daughter Katelyn Self and his daughter-in-law died. Self was charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
Roger Self, who crashed into N.C. restaurant killing family members, sentenced to more than 50 years in prison
Roger Self takes the stand in murder trial in Gaston County By WBTV Web Staff | April 12, 2021 at 9:55 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 3:25 PM
BESSEMER CITY, NC (WBTV) - Roger Self, the man who crashed his SUV into a Gaston County restaurant, killing two of his family members, has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.
He was accused of intentionally driving his car into the Surf & Turf Restaurant in Bessemer City, killing two of his family members, and injuring several others, on May 20, 2018.
Roger Self will serve at least 38 years in prison after being convicted of killing his daughter, Katelyn Self, and daughter-in-law, Amanda George Self, in 2018 by driving his Jeep into a restaurant where his family was seated after attending Sunday morning worship services.
While 38 years represents the minimum prison sentence for the 65-year-old Self, his maximum sentence handed down Friday by Superior Court Judge Athena Brooks was 48 years. I wish I would have had an opportunity before I died to hold my family again, he said in addressing the judge after sentencing. I m going to die in prison, Self added. But then I ll be free because of Christ and his love for all of us.
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Former Gaston County businessman Roger Self has been sentenced to at least 38 years in prison for driving an SUV into a crowded restaurant in May 2018, killing his daughter and daughter-in-law, and seriously injuring his son and wife.
The sentence was handed down in a Gaston County courtroom Friday by Judge Athena Brooks. She sentenced Self to a minimum of 230 months or maximum 288 months in prison for the murder of his daughter, Katelyn Self, and another minimum 230 months or maximum 288 months for the murder of his daughter-in-law, Amanda George Self.
She also sentenced Self to a minimum 70 months to maximum 96 months for injuring his son, Joshua, and a minimum 70 months to maximum 96 months for injuring his wife, Dianne. Those sentences are concurrent, meaning they can be served at the same time he serves his murder sentences.