A New York man was sentenced to 17 years in prison. "Satanic" Attack on hate crimes

A man who confessed. Punching an Asian woman More than 100 times during a hate crime spree earlier this year in Yonkers, New York, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 1/2 years in state prison, prosecutors said.

The Westchester County District Attorney’s office announced that 42-year-old Tamil Esco was convicted in March of assaulting a 67-year-old Asian woman in the lobby of a Yonkers apartment. News release. Esco pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as a hate crime in September.

On March 11, Esco used anti-Asian slurs at the victim, who is of Filipino descent, when he approached her from behind and punched her in the head, knocking her to the ground, prosecutors said.

Esco continued to attack the woman, punching her more than 100 times, spitting on her with his construction boots and spitting on her, prosecutors said. Shortly after the attack, police released surveillance video of the incident.

The victim was treated for bleeding on the brain, multiple facial fractures, and cuts and bruises to her head and face, the district attorney’s office said. She appeared in court to read her impact statement on Tuesday, saying the “heartless” attack cost her her home.

“Because of Tammel Esco’s viciousness and hatred, I lost the place I called home for 24 years, the place where I raised my daughters, and my longtime neighbor… As soon as the attack All I could think was, ‘Please Lord let me live, please my daughters need me,'” she said, according to the district attorney’s office. “I’ve been spat on, punched and kicked over 100 times by a complete stranger just because of my heritage… My only hope is that God and the criminal justice system will see fit to make sure someone else does the same thing.” May this not happen again to an innocent family.”

At a news briefing Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Mary Rokah called the attack “one of the most vicious and shocking hate crimes” the area has seen.

“This is a case that has traumatized not only the victim and her family, but also her neighbors in the city of Yonkers, the broader Westchester community, and the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander community,” Rokah added. Yes, really all over the country”. .

Esco has been held without bail since his arrest on the day of the attack.