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Tammel Esco, the man filmed brutally beating a senior Asian woman at a New York apartment in March, received a 17.5-year prison sentence on Tuesday.
Esco, 42, pleaded guilty in September to the charge of first-degree assault as a hate crime in connection with the incident. His lengthy prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release.
“You struck me ... because of my heritage. Because of your vicious hate, I had to leave the place I called home,” the 67-year-old Filipino victim said in court, according to CBS News.
The incident, which was caught on security video, occurred at the victim’s apartment building in Yonkers at around 6 p.m. on March 11. After calling the victim an “Asian bitch,” Esco followed her into the building, punched her more than 125 times, stomped on her seven times and spat on her.