HATE crime suspect Tammel Esco has been charged with attempted murder after stomping on and punching an Asian woman over 125 times.
The 42-year-old brute horrifically attacked his 67-year-old victim as she tried to get into her apartment in Yonkers, New York State, in full view of a CCTV camera.
Horrifying footage shows the woman returning home and fiddling with her door keys when Esco terrifyingly approaches her from behind.
He had allegedly shouted a racial slur at the 67-year-old as she walked past him before he followed her inside the building’s lobby on Friday.
The thug struck her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, before pummelling her more than 125 times.
Esco even brutally stomped on the woman as she lay on the floor writhing in pain, just inches from the safety of her home.
He is then seen sickeningly standing over her after reigning down a barrage of devastating blows.
The 67-year-old was rushed to hospital with bleeding on the brain, facial bone fractures and cuts to her head and face, Yonkers police said.
She is now in a stable condition after the savage attack, which lasted over 90 seconds.
The chilling incident in the city in Westchester County, just outside of New York City, has again reared the issue of the rising number of hate crimes plaguing the US.
There has been a worrying 45 per cent rise in crime in the five boroughs over the last year, with assaults up by 17.2 per cent.
Esco was arrested at the scene and hauled off to Westchester County Jail.
The 42-year-old was then charged with second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime and one count of second-degree assault as a hate crime.
Esco has previously been behind bars for assault and criminal sale of a controlled substance between May 2011 and October 2013.
His post-release supervision expired in 2018, according to state records.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano slammed the attack, saying “hate crimes are beyond intolerable in our city.”
He continued in a statement: “I applaud our Yonkers Police for swiftly apprehending this violent criminal and removing him from our streets.
“I expect the suspect to be charged to the fullest extent of the law for his heinous actions. I continue to keep the victim and her family in our thoughts and prayers.”
Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller branded the ambush as “despicable.”
He said of the clip: “This is one of the most appalling attacks I have ever seen; to beat a helpless woman is despicable and targeting her because of her race makes it more so.”
“This defendant must be held to the maximum punishment allowed by law to send a clear message that hateful, violent behavior will not be tolerated in our communities.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and her family, that she may make a full recovery.”
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