One of the men charged with bashing a Jewish subway rider who wished him “Happy Hanukkah” was thrown in jail yesterday for a previous offense. A Brooklyn judge sentenced Joseph Jirovec, 19, to six months in the slammer for his role in a June 2006 attack on a group of black bicyclists in Gerritsen Beach.
The sentence was a result of plea deal Jirovec made with prosecutors earlier which gave him six months behind bars and five years probation on the condition he stay out of trouble.
But that was before he was arrested in December in the assault on Jewish straphanger Walter Adler, who had bid him “Happy Hanukkah.”
The story made headlines because Adler, 23, was saved from the beating by a Muslim fellow rider, Hassan Askari, 20.
Jirovec’s arrest in that attack could negate the previous plea deal and force him behind bars for the full 21/3 to 7 years.
His lawyers are contesting that December arrest, and a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday to determine if he will get more jail time.
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