LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man who police mentioned killed his mom provided a tearful apology for his actions in court docket Thursday earlier than a decide sentenced him.
Clifton Corridor, 32, was arrested earlier this 12 months in Longandale. He requested leniency from Clark County District Courtroom Decide Tierra Jones. She sentenced him to 10 to 25 years in jail.
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“I have a hard time forgiving myself. I lost the most important thing to me in the world, and it was all because I was an idiot,” Corridor mentioned. “There hasn’t been a day since this happened that I haven’t regretted it.”
Corridor was remorseful in entrance of Decide Jones. He took an Alford plea again in October pleading responsible however mentally sick to second-degree homicide, based on court docket data. Which means he doesn’t admit guilt, however agrees prosecutors have sufficient proof to convict him.
“She was always super forgiving whenever I did something stupid, or just not being as grateful as I should’ve been. She always forgave me, she always brought me in and I feel like screwed both of those up a lot,” Corridor mentioned.
In accordance with police, Corridor set his dwelling ablaze along with his mom inside on Jan. 8 at 1:45 a.m. Video the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained captured the trailer dwelling engulfed and Corridor is heard telling somebody to not rat him out.
“Just don’t tell them I did it on purpose. Don’t tell them I did it on purpose,” Corridor mentioned.
In cellphone video from a neighbor collected as a part of proof, Corridor is heard banging on that particular person’s door and admitting to igniting the hearth.
“Hey, you may want to let your mom know the house is on fire,” Corridor mentioned.
Corridor additionally texted them a photograph of him lighting a mattress.
“He’s going to carry this weight that he caused this tremendous loss to himself to the rest of his family,” his lawyer David Lopez-Negrete mentioned.
Corridor may even should pay greater than $4,000 in restitution and fines.
