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hate crime, and two assault counts, one as a hate crime. The third man, Ilya Shurov, was to be tried separately later on the same charges. The fourth, Gary
Timmons, had already pleaded guilty in 2006 to the reduced crime of attempted robbery as a hate crime in return for testifying as a prosecution witness.
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years. Each of those received slightly less than the maximum sentence. Gary
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November 20, 2007, for their role in causing the death of Michael Sandy in 2006. They received the following sentences from Justice Jill Konviser-Levine of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York: Anthony Fortunato (21), 7 to 21 years. John Fox (20), 13 to 21
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and later gave statements implicating himself in the crime. Shown a news report about the attack, Shurov disputed the details of the report. At 1:00 a.m. on
October 11, Shurov dictated a written statement, and made a videotaped statement at 10:20 p.m. on the same day. Witnesses picked Fox
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Brooklyn for the trial of Anthony Fortunato and John Fox, two of the four men accused of chasing Michael Sandy to his death. They were charged with two counts of second-degree murder, one as a hate crime, four counts of attempted robbery with two as hate crimes, two manslaughter counts, one as a
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November 5, 2007, Ilya Shurov, 21, the fourth and last defendant in the Michael Sandy case, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and attempted robbery as hate crimes on the day his trial was to have started. As part of the plea bargain, the charge of felony murder as a hate crime was dropped. Shurov
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of young men arrested in the 61st precinct, and found a match. Detectives went to Shurov's home and asked him to come to the 60th
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October 11. Fortunato was implicated by statements from Shurov and Fox, and surrendered to police on October 25. Fortunato's family raised $ 1.3 million in hopes he would be granted bail. Bail, however was denied. The suspects were held at
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the middle lane, and was struck. One of the attackers dragged Sandy back to the side of the road. Shurov was seen rifling through Sandy's pockets after he was struck.
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742:"Lawyer Claims Defendant in Hate Crime Is Gay, Too"
793:"Last Defendant Is Guilty in Attack on a Gay Man"
603:"Indictments Handed Down in Michael Sandy Murder"
302:Schram, Jamie; Doyle, John; Mangan (2006-10-10).
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