An assistant bartender at a Times Square club “savagely and viciously” bludgeoned a young Queens woman to death during a birthday party for Lil’ Kim, prosecutors charged today as they revealed the grisly details of the crime.
Rahman Syed, 24, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to the Aug. 3 murder of Ingrid Rivera on the roof of Spotlight Live.
Prosecutors said the bartender pummeled the 24-year-old victim last week after she rejected his advances.
Investigators believe Syed helped an intoxicated Rivera sneak back into the club after she was tossed out, and then went berserk when she tried to break away from him.
Prosecutors say he hit her in the back of the head with a steel pipe, and then slashed her throat after bludgeoning her.
Syed, who prosecutors say has confessed but is attempting to “minimize his role” in her death, was ordered held without bail pending his next court appearance.