"I found myself in some part of a nightmare, like a scene from a horror movie that I've watched before," Javier said in a victim impact statement read in court by Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Andrea Kimmel. "My life was shattered. The nightmare stayed and persisted ever since," Javier, who was not at the sentencing hearing, wrote.
Egegbara, who suffers from schizophrenia, had been out without bail for three months at the time of the Oct. 4, 2021 attack for a separate assault on another straphanger.
Egegbara was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, in that case, which was dismissed after she flunked her mental evaluation exam, her defense attorney said.
Egegbara pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree assault as part of a deal with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
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