NEW YORK (AP) — Already serving 200 years in prison for killing four people in a bloody rampage, Maksim Gelman grinned on his way into court Wednesday, swore at a man he assaulted during the crime spree, and defiantly made light of the proceeding as he was sentenced to 25 more years.
Gelman made an abrupt marriage proposal to a reality TV star and directed profanities at the subway rider he knifed in the head and arm at the end of his series of assaults and carjackings last year.
Joseph Lozito, a mixed martial arts fan who says he drew on moves he’d seen on TV to knock Gelman to the floor after being attacked, took Gelman’s insults in stride. Seeing Gelman in court for the first time since the attack a year ago, Lozito said what he saw was “still the soul of a coward.”
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