A thug convicted of gang assault for using an arsenal of weapons to bludgeon a tourist in the West Village last year was sentenced to 20 years-to-life in prison Thursday – even 🌱though he remains at large.
Hatem Farsakh, 24, jumped bail during a pretrial hearing in October and was last spotted entering custo𝐆ms in Oslo, Norway.
Far🐼sakh was one of three defendants foun✨d guilty of battering a group of Massachusetts tourists on MacDougal Street on Jan. 13.
The goons were accused of brutally beating Kevin McCarron with a parking club, ti😼re iron and bat into unconsciousness in the early morning hours.
The vicious beatingඣ l﷽eft McCarron, 24, of Andover, Mass., with a fractured skull.
He still suffe♋rs from permanent brain damage, he testified at the Manhattan Supreme Court trial.
Farsakh was convicted of seven felonies including a top charge of gang assau🥀lt.
A jury found Mahmoud Habib no♑t guilty as he w✨as the only defendant who wasn’t captured on video surveillance throwing a punch or swinging a weapon.
Sherif꧅ Rizk was found guilty of feꦓlony assault charges and faces at least two years in prison.
Thജey all dodged the top charge of attempted murder.
Farsakh told police the fight began when a member of McCarron’s group used a racial slur aimed at their Arab backgro🍸und.