USA v. Roy M. Belfast, Jr. - Court of Appeals - 11th Circuit

stomach, and foot.
The defendant Emmanuel arrived while the abuse was in progress, and
watched as Dulleh was branded. After Dulleh again denied any involvement in
rebel activities, Yeaten poured scalding water onto his head and back, and into his
hands. Emmanuel pointed a gun at Dulleh’s head and told him not to drop any of
the scalding water in his hands. Emmanuel also shocked Dulleh’s neck, back, and
genitals with a cattle prod. Both Emmanuel and Yeaten then threatened to kill
Dulleh, and soldiers poured salt into his wounds.
After this savage beating, Dulleh was confined for almost a year, mostly in
filthy conditions. At first, he was imprisoned with other individuals in a shallow
cement hole beneath a disused truck scale at Klay Junction. The steel grate on the
underside of the scale shut out the light, and the hole, which was at most three feet
deep, was partially flooded with filthy water, contained animals such as toads and
snakes, and emitted a vile stench. While imprisoned at Klay Junction, Dulleh told
the other prisoners that he had been tortured and beaten by Emmanuel; they
observed the burns and fresh wounds on his body. About two weeks later, Dulleh
was removed from the hole at Klay Junction and flown by helicopter to an
undisclosed location, where he was confined for a month in an abandoned
outhouse. Finally, he was held at the National Bureau of Investigation in
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