Man pleads guilty to killing his brother
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Updated: 5:08 PM Mar 18, 2010
Man pleads guilty to killing his brother
A North Augusta man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading to guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the death of his brother.
Posted: 10:10 AM Mar 18, 2010
Reporter: Kelsey Barlow
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March 18, 2010

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C.---A North Augusta man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading to guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his brother.

Investigators say 54-year-old Paul Hett confessed to killing his 50-year-old brother David in September 2008 after an argument at a home on East Buena Vista Avenue.

Investigators say Hett used a handle from a wooden axe in the attack, and the coroner said that David died from head trauma.

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