A man charged with murder three years ago in the stabbing death of his boyfriend at an East Side apartment was acquitted Friday afternoon after a week-long jury trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.
The jury deliberated for only about two hours before returning the not-guilty verdict for Anthony C. Wofford III.
The jurors watched cellphone video that a witness, Wilkerson s teenage nephew, recorded of a fight that immediately preceded the stabbing in Wofford s apartment in the 5600 block of Hibernia Drive.
The video shows Wilkerson assaulting Wofford, including slamming his head against a door and dragging him across the floor by his hair. The video ends as Wofford lunges toward the kitchen, where he grabbed a knife used in the stabbing.