CHARLESTON — When a former jail deputy walked into a courtroom last month and was sentenced to probation after telling a judge he regretted assaulting a restrained inmate, the man he punched wasn’t there to hear his mumbled apology.

That wasn’t because the victim didn’t want to be present to address the court and see how the case concluded — he did. But the 9th Circuit Solicitor’s Office failed to properly inform him of the scheduled plea hearing, which violated rights the state Constitution guarantees to victims of crime , his attorney, Daniel Summa, told The Post and Courier.

The justice system “cast aside” victim Treyvonne Bradley from the moment he was booked into the Charleston jail on minor charges this spring until former deputy Alan Genest on Oct. 20 pleaded guilty to assault

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