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Stabbing victim lashes out at attacker before ex-con sentenced to 25 years

Stabbing victim lashes out at attacker before ex-con sentenced to 25 years

A Queens woman viciously stabbed by an ex-con who rode up to her on his bicycle lashed out at her assailant before the psychotic slasher was slapped with a 25-year sentence. "He is a waste, filthy and disgusting," Eduarda Oliva said of...  Read Full Story

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