Man in notorious NYC hammer attack gets up to life in prison

The man convicted of viciously beating a 57-year-old woman with a hammer outside a subway station was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in life in prison.
The man convicted of viciously beating a then-57-year-old woman with a hammer as she entered a Queens subway station, fracturing her skull as he bludgeoned her more than a dozen times in a violent 2022 robbery, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in life in prison. And his victim, still recovering, was in court.
William Blount, 61, was found guilty in April of first-degree assault, robbery and other charges in the Feb. 24, 2022 attack on Nina Rothschild. Jurors said he was responsible for kicking Rothschild down the stairs of the Queens Plaza station in Long Island City, bashing her in the head repeatedly and stealing her belongings.
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“This was an unprovoked attack that caught the attention of the entire country,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement in part. “Our transit system must be safe for everyone and this conviction sends a strong message that those who cause mayhem on our subways will be brought to justice.”
The gruesome attack on Feb. 24, 2022, that left Rothschild hospitalized with critical injuries was captured on surveillance video. She was seen walking down the stairs as Blount, who was walking with a black cane, approached her from behind, prosecutors said.
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