Pubdate: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 Source: Orange County Register (CA) Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register Contact: http://www.ocregister.com/ GUARDS ACCUSED OF SETTING UP PRISONER'S RAPE Four guards a Corcoran State Prison went on trial Monday for allegedly setting up a prison rape to punish an inmate. The alleged incident took place at the same prison where eight other officers are accused of setting up gladiator-style battles among inmates for the guards' entertainment. They will be tried later. The guards are accused of putting Eddie Dillard, a 118-pound first-time offender, in the cell of Wayne Jerome Robertson, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound sexual predator, to punish Dillard for kicking a female guard. Robertson, a lifer, admitted to a grand jury that he sodomized Dillard and threatened to kill him if he put up a fight during the three days in 1993 when guards left the smaller man in the cell. - --- MAP posted-by: manemez j lovitto