Cabbie killer stuck with 60 years in prison

New London

Michael Alexander, 50, of Hartford was charged Monday with disorderly conduct and second-degree unlawful restraint.

Bryan Bailey, 27, of Westerly was charged Monday with second-degree failure to appear in court.

Rico Lusa, 46, of Ashaway, R.I., was charged Monday with second-degree failure to appear in court.

Joseph Lewis, 44, of 25 Broadway, Apt. 607, Norwich, was charged Sunday with interfering with an officer.

Robert Porter, 47, of 325 Huntington St. was charged Sunday with two counts of violation of probation.

Manny Ortiz, 22, of no certain address, was charged Sunday

Miliner Holiner, 26, of 9 Fowler Ave. was charged Monday with breach of peace.

Wen L. Zeng, 25, of 30 Starr St. was charged Monday with second-degree failure to appear in court.

Antonio Bahamundi, 61, of 287 Main St. was charged Tuesday with violation of probation.

Shawna Havens, 56, of 3 Willey Place was charged Tuesday with failure to drive in proper lane and

Christopher L. Whittle, 40, of 296 Indigo St., Mystic, was charged Monday with driving with a suspended license, driving an unregistered motor vehicle, misuse of markers and failure to have tail lamps lit.

Police logs reflect arrests, not convictions. Visit www.jud2. ct.gov/crdockets/SearchByDefDisp.aspx to learn the outcomes of criminal and motor vehicle arrests.

Stamford (AP) — A Connecticut man who was convicted of killing a cab driver who was stabbed 127 times has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after having testified that he acted in self-defense.

Shota Mekoshvili was sentenced to the maximum prison time on a murder conviction Tuesday in Stamford Superior Court.

Prosecutors say the 32-year-old Stamford man killed Mahomed Kamal during a botched robbery in August 2014.

Mekoshvili testified he was defending himself when the 47-year-old cab driver tried to have sex with him after driving him to a quiet neighborhood in Stamford. He said he wrestled the knife away from Kamal before stabbing him.

Judge John Blawie called the killing an act of torture.

Kamal’s wife asked for the maximum sentence, but said it wouldn’t erase the pain of losing her husband.