Oman sentenced for killing 70-year-old with SUV while trying to run over man – NBC New York

A New York woman will spend decades in prison after being convicted Thursday of hitting and killing a 70-year-old woman with her SUV in 2021 after intentionally driving onto the sidewalk to run over a man, the district attorney's office said from Brooklyn. .

Layla Adredini, 33, of Stuyvesant Heights, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric said Gonzalez.

According to evidence presented at trial, Adredini was driving her white 2003 Ford Explorer on Pacific Street on August 24, 2021 when she “deliberately stopped on the sidewalk in an attempt to hit a 50-year-old man she knew ” around 9. :8 p.m.

Adredini missed the man and ended up hitting Brenda Ann Whidbee who was sitting in a chair outside her home.

After the accident, Adredini tried to flee, but local residents managed to stop him.

Whidbee, a grandmother and member of her community for more than 40 years, was seriously injured. She was transported to Brookdale Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

“Today’s sentence holds this defendant accountable for her shocking and depraved actions that cost the life of an innocent woman,” Gonzalez said. “Even though nothing can bring Brenda Ann Whidbee back to her family and friends, I hope this sentence brings them some comfort.”