NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Queens woman was sentenced on Friday, for fatally pushing another woman in front of an oncoming train at Times Square.
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Melanie Liverpool, 33, was given 20 years to life for shoving 49-year-old Connie Watton off a subway platform in 2016. The train struck and killed the victim.
Liverpool had been described as mentally ill, and pled guilty last month to second degree murder.
Manhattan DA Cy Vance thanked the NYPD and prosecutros in his office saying Liverpool will serve significant prison time for what he termed a 'horrific act of violence.'
"Melanie Liverpool committed an unconscionable crime when she shoved Ms. Watton off a subway platform and into a speeding train, ending her life and taking her away from her beloved husband and friends," Vance said.
Liverpool was arrested shortly after the shove.