Woman accused of unprovoked attack on stranger threatens to 'slash' judge's face as well
Ola Albanni, who is already accused of slashing a stranger in the face last week, threatened to do the same to a judge if they sentence her to prison.
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A 52-year-old New Jersey woman already accused of slashing a 65-year-old stranger in the face with a kitchen knife on a New York City corner in an unprovoked attack appeared in court this week where she reportedly threatened to do the same to a sitting judge if he tried to make her serve a lengthy prison sentence.
“I’m going to slash you in the face too if you put me in the cell for a long time,” Ola Albanni said to Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Miriam R. Best during her Monday arraignment in criminal court, the New York Post reported. She reportedly reiterated the threat a second time during the hearing then spent about a minute ranting nonsensically.
Due to the bizarre series of outbursts, Judge Best ended the proceeding by ordering Albanni to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
According to the New York Police Department, a woman was walking in front of a pizzeria located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 38th Street at about 6:10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1 when an unknown female assailant — later identified as Albanni — “approached and slashed her in the face with a large knife” before fleeing the scene on foot.
