A New York man who was caught on video punching an aged Asian girl 125 occasions earlier this 12 months was sentenced to over 17 years in jail in reference to the hate crime assault, officers introduced Tuesday.
Tammel Esco, 42, was sentenced to 17.5 years in state jail and 5 years of post-release supervision in Westchester County Court docket in reference to the March assault, Westchester County District Legal professional Miriam E. Rocah introduced in a information convention.
Within the brutal assault he known as the lady of Filipino descent an “Asian b—-” and he or she was left struggling bleeding on her mind and a number of facial fractures.
He had pleaded responsible to first diploma assault as a hate crime, a violent felony, in September.
“It is a case that has traumatized not solely the sufferer and her household, but in addition her neighbors within the metropolis of Yonkers, the broader Westchester group and the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander group actually throughout the nation,” Rocah stated.
She stated the sufferer and her household labored with the district legal professional’s workplace all whereas recovering from her accidents.
Within the March 11 assault, the lady was strolling into her residence constructing on Riverdale Avenue in Yonkers when Esco, who lived in the identical constructing and was exterior in entrance, yelled at her calling her a racial slur, Rocah stated.
He then adopted her as she entered the constructing and punched her within the head, knocking her to the bottom, and continued to hit her over 100 occasions, stomped on her physique, and spat on her “in a very vile act,” Rocah stated. The incident was caught on the constructing’s surveillance digital camera.
Esco was arrested the identical day and has been held with out bail because the assault.
Jennifer Wu, one of many professional bono attorneys for the sufferer and her household, stated the sufferer did not need to disclose her medical standing and requested for privateness, “as we proceed to heal and check out return to our regular lives.”
“We admire the love and help of the group and the many individuals who had been outraged by this hateful assault. Hate has no place on this society,” Wu stated.
Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza stated there was no relationship between the 2, and the incident was an remoted assault.
“In 27 years of policing, this was some of the violent and some of the heinous crimes I’ve ever witnessed,” Sapienza stated.
The sufferer appeared in court docket to learn her impression assertion revealing she needed to go away her longtime house after the assault and feared for her life.
“Due to the viciousness and hate of Tammel Esco, I misplaced the place I known as house for over 24 years, the place the place I raised my daughters, and my longtime neighbors,” she stated.
“Because the assault occurred, all I might assume was, ‘Please Lord let me reside, please Lord my daughters want me,'” she continued. “An entire stranger heartlessly spit, beat and kicked me over 100 occasions simply due to my heritage… My solely hope is that God and the legal justice system will see match to ensure this by no means occurs to every other harmless household once more.”
