May 16 (UPI) -- The man already found guilty of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie was given the maximum-possible prison sentence on Friday in a courthouse in Mayville, N.Y.
The judge dismissed a motion from defense counsel for Hadi Matar to set aside the guilty verdict prior to handing down the sentence of 25 years in prison.
Following a two-week trial, a jury convicted Matar in February of second-degree attempted murder and assault for the 2022 attack on Rushdie during an on-stage lecture.
He also received seven years in prison for wounding another person on stage, with both sentences to be served concurrently. Matar has been in custody since the attack and will receive credit for time served.
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