Trial under way in eye-stabbing case

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Man accused of attacking fellow jail inmate

Eddie Robinson was looking for a violent payback when he stabbed the eyes of a fellow inmate last April at the Broome County Jail, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Jurors had been put on notice earlier by Judge Patrick H. Mathews that Brabham would testify in women's clothes. Brabham told the court that he's been a transsexual for the past five or six years. He also admitted to being a convicted felon and recovering drug addict, under questioning from Butler.

Brabham kept his poise and stuck to his story of being attacked. He said he wasn't able to fight back.