The person accused of murdering Longford lady Sarah McNally in a NY city bar late final month has been indicted for homicide and the felony possession of a weapon.
Marcin Pieciak (36) appeared earlier than choose Ushir Pandit-Duran, at Queens felony courtroom on Friday afternoon, the place it was heard how Sarah McNally (41), the accused’s girlfriend, was attacked and stabbed whereas working as a bartender at The Céilí Home, an Irish pub in Maspeth, Queens, earlier than her assailant turned a knife on himself.
Queens district legal professional Melinda Katz stated in a subsequent press launch, following the listening to: “The defendant is accused of cruelly and overtly taking the life of somebody he presupposed to look after and doing so in entrance of her colleagues and bar patrons. We’re grateful to the grand jury for returning these severe prices and we are going to work to hunt justice for Sarah McNally.”
Ms McNally’s funeral befell in Longford earlier this month. She had lived in New York for greater than 10 years.
Mr Pieciak, who lived at 76th Avenue in Glendale, Queens, was arraigned on an indictment which charged him with homicide within the second diploma, and two counts of felony possession of a weapon within the fourth diploma. Decide Pandit-Durant remanded him to look in courtroom once more on June 18th.
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Mr Pieciak is alleged to have arrived at Ms McNally’s place of employment, The Céilí Home Bar, at 69-56 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, at roughly 6.30pm on Saturday, March thirtieth. He was noticed strolling behind the bar and in direction of Ms McNally, and, brandishing two knives, stabbed her 19 instances, inflicting substantial bleeding and important wounds.
He then inflicted knife wounds on his personal neck, and was accosted by patrons on the bar, who managed to detain him till police arrived.
Gabriel J. Reale, of the district legal professional’s murder bureau, who’s prosecuting the case together with assistant district legal professional Veronika Podoprigora, acknowledged that the incident was caught on digital camera, and pictures additionally displayed the accused confronting cops exterior the bar, shouting at them, stating that he had a weapon, and urged them to shoot him. The cops on the scene managed to subdue him, and recovered two knives which he had in his possession.
Mr Pieciak solely spoke in courtroom to verify his id, and at one level was noticed dropping his steadiness to the purpose the place he needed to be supported by three close by cops.
Mr Reale claimed in courtroom that the folks’s case versus Mr Pieciak was very robust, with a lot of the accused’s habits being captured on the officers’ body-cameras.
He has been remanded in custody till June 18th.
