A crazed New Yorker was sentenced to 12 years behind bars after shoving a woman into the side of a subway train.
Anthonia Egegbara, 32, pushed Lenny Javier into the path of a northbound 3 train at the Times Square-42nd Street station, with disturbing footage later emerging of the incident.
Javier survived the brutal attack but suffered a broken arm, which required surgery, as well as bleeding and bruising to the face.
Egegbara had been held without bail at Rikers Island following her arrest and faced up to 25 years on an attempted murder charge.
She had been arrested at least seven times before the attack, including for biting and kicking other women on public transportation.
Three months prior to the attack on Javier, Egegbara was released without bail after assaulting Jasmine Robles, leaving her with a broken nose, a missing tooth and PTSD.
Anthonia Egegbara, seen here in court on Thursday, pushed Lenny Javier into the path of a northbound 3 train at the Times Square-42nd Street station
Lenny Javier miraculously survived the brutal attack but suffered a broken arm, which required surgery, as well as bleeding and bruising to the face
Speaking with DailyMail.com on Thursday after the sentencing, Robles said she didnt think it was enough.
She said: I feel like 12 years for someone with the heinous assaults, the attempted murder charges. Someone like that needs to be put away for life.
How can you trust this person to be free and out in the world hurting innocent people, making victims in every borough.
Robles added that she is still working on getting on the subway everyday and to not panic due to her PTSD.
Robles previously said she could only remember feeling the impact on her face as she blacked out for a few seconds when she was assaulted.
After coming to, Egegbara jumped on her and hit her as Robles screamed out for help.
Another passenger came to her aid, pinning Egegbaras arms behind her back and pushing her to the ground as they awaited for police to arrive.
After Egegbara was let off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist, Robles contacted the District Attorneys office warning she would do it again.
In an impact statement Javier read in court, she described the incident as being like a scene from a horror movie.
It was always the same route and timing, as I was thinking about my day everything changed drastically, she said.
I found myself in some part of a nightmare. Like a scene from a horror movie that I had watched before. My life was shattered.
The nightmare has stayed and persisted ever since that day, the fear crawled into my life like an insect.
Jasmine Robles, seen here, told the outlet she could only remember feeling the impact on her face as she blacked out for a few seconds
Robles was left with a broken nose, a missing tooth and PTSD following the assault by Egegbara
Javier described the physical and emotional pain as having a lasting impact on her life and her looks.
She said that she can still see the marks left by Egegbara when she looks in the mirror.
Javier is also still struggling with trauma and lives with anxiety.
She added: It has taken a while for me to overcome all of these changes, I still have a long way to go but knowing you will be locked in a place where you cannot hurt anyone else helps bring some resolution.
Addressing the court on Thursday, Egegbara said: I truly apologize for my actions.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said Egegbara will serve a significant state prison term for viciously shoving a woman, who was on her morning commute, into a train as it entered the station.
Robles, seen here, said that she had warned officials about Egegbara and that she would strike again
Surveillance video shows the moment when Egegbara pushed Javier into a train at the Times Square subway station
Addressing the court on Thursday, Egegbara said she truly apologized for her actions
The assault left the victim with stiffness and pain from her injuries to this day. I hope the resolution in this case can offer the victim a sense of justice.
Just a few days after the incident in 2021, Javiers father, Vidal, spoke out, saying the footage of his daughter being shoved left him feeling helpless and angry.
He told Telemundo at the time: Its something that, in a way, I perhaps did not know how to express because you feel your hands are tied.
She says that she believes she will not get on a train again because she believes that everyone that is next to her will hurt her.
I think it will be very difficult to return even if life continues, but for her, she would have to go to therapy or take therapy. It is going to be a system which you regain trust in.
Javier has since filed a lawsuit accusing both the city and state of negligently failing to prevent the incident.
The suit, which is currently going through Manhattan federal court, argues that the incident wouldnt have happened if authorities had installed safety barriers.