David DePape was convicted of breaking into the Pelosi’s San Francisco home in Pacific Heights and carrying out the bloody attack on the then-82-year-old on Oct. 28, 2022 in November last year.
David DePape was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for breaking into former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoning her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer.
In a letter to court ahead of the sentencing, Paul Pelosi detailed how he is still badly affected by the attack, which happened when DePape, 44, broke into the Pelosi’s home in Pacific Heights on Oct. 28, 2022.
He wrote: “The defendant severely damaged the nerves in my left hand. My forehand was ‘de-gloved’ exposing raw nerves and blood vessels.
“Surgeries and treatments mostly healed the skin, but underneath I still feel pinched nerves in my left hand. This makes basic tasks like using buttons, cutlery and simple tools more difficult,” according to CBS.
Paul also said he walks slowly, has difficulty with balance, gets terrible headaches and for a long time had trouble sleeping alone at home because he because “kept remembering the defendant breaking into my house.”
DePape, 44, was convicted of breaking into the Pelosi’s San Francisco home in Pacific Heights and carrying out the bloody attack on the then-82-year-old on Oct. 28, 2022 in November last year.
The federal Department of Justice asked for a 40 year prison term on charges of attempted kidnapping of a federal officer or employee and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official for DePape, who was convicted in November last year.
In her own letter, Nancy Pelosi requested a “very long” sentence for the attacker, and added the attack had left her with “great fear and deep pain.
