An East Village woman who bravely fought off a would-be rapist was happy to learn that the fiend was sentenced today to five years in prison.
“I’m good,” Jane Callanan told The Post. “Knowing that he’s locked up, it’s good.”
Her attacker, Imre Meszesan, 36, was nabbed in November 2011 days after he stalked her into her apartment building, pounced on her and tried to lift up her skirt before she fought him off — an attack captured on surveillance video.
“The video, it’s so clear, you didn’t need me” to testify, the 28-year-old fashion industry exec Callanan noted.
Meszesan later pleaded guilty to burglary with a sexual motivation and sex abuse.
Yesterday, over the objections of a prosecutor who wanted Meszesan sentenced to 12 years in prison, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave him just five years. With time served, the thug will be released in less than four years. He’ll have to register as a sex offender.
“I’m fine with it,” Callanan said of the sentence. “It’s up to the judge.”