Man accused of striking transgender woman with chair was previously nabbed for hate-crime assault
An alleged bigot who got a slap on the wrist after a Bronx hate-crime arrest is now accused of beating a transgender woman with a chair on Christmas Day.Kane Sekou, 40, attacked the 31-year-old victim in a Brooklyn homeless shelter, yelling anti-gay slurs as he struck her in the back, prosecutors said Wednesday. He was indicted on hate-crime assault charges.
The bust comes less than a year after a gay man accused Sekou of clocking him in the head with a rock and pipe in the Bronx.Police arrested him on hate crime, assault and weapon charges Feb. 21, but on March 13, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, serving just seven days of community service.
A spokeswoman for the Bronx District Attorney’s office couldn’t immediately say what led to the plea.
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