A guard at Rikers Island “savagely” kicked an ailing inmate to death four years ago before persuading fellow guards to lie about what happened, a prosecutor told a jury Friday.
Southern District Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannette Vargas said Brian Coll killed Ronald Spear early one morning in December 2012 after the 52-year-old victim became agitated that he could not immediately see a physician at the complex.