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A 17-year-old suspect has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime after allegedly stabbing a gay man in New York. The incident occurred when the victim and his friends were voguing at a petrol pump and got into an argument with a group of teenagers. Prosecutors claim that the suspect stabbed the victim in the chest after hurling homophobic and racist slurs. The attacker, identified as Dmitriy Popov, could face 20 years to life in prison if convicted. KahawaTungu reported
A 17-year-old suspect has pled not guilty to charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime in the case of a gay man who was fatally stabbed in New York. The incident occurred when the victim, O’Shae Sibley, and his friends were voguing at a petrol pump in Brooklyn and got into an argument with a group of teenagers. Prosecutors allege that the teens used homophobic and racist slurs before the suspect stabbed Sibley in the chest. The attacker, identified as Dmitriy Popov, a final-year student, could face 20 years to life in prison. His lawyer claims that there is no evidence in his past to suggest he would commit such a crime and may argue self-defense. Prosecutors aim to prove that the suspect’s actions were motivated by anti-black and anti-LGBT bias. The case has sparked protests and vigils within the LGBT community, and a scholarship has been established in Sibley’s honor..
