Three Men
Sentenced in Hate-Related Death of NYC Gay Man
Three Men
Sentenced in Hate-Related Death of NYC Gay Man
Sentenced in Hate-Related Death of NYC Gay Man
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Three men convicted of beating a New York City gay man and then chasing him onto a highway where he was struck by a car and killed were sentenced to prison on Tuesday, prosecutors said. All three had been part of what prosecutors called a hate-inspired robbery scheme. On October 8, 2006, they found Michael Sandy in an Internet chat room frequented by gay men, lured him out to Brooklyn's remote Plum Beach with a promise of a date, and then attacked him. When Sandy tried to escape, he was hit by a car on the Belt Parkway.