- Trevis Hall, 31, was convicted of stabbing and bludgeoning to death ex-girlfriend
- Hall was a featherweight professional boxer and Golden Gloves champion
- The 31-year-old was known in some sports circles as ‘Black Mama’
- Rivera was found in a pool of her own blood after being attacked on a NYC street by Hall in 2014
Trevis Hall (pictured) , 31, was convicted of homicide at the Queens County Criminal Court on Thursday
A former professional fighter was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of bludgeoning to death his ex-girlfriend on a New York street in 2014.
Trevis Hall, 31, was convicted of homicide at the Queens County Criminal Court after prosecutors successfully argued that the former featherweight boxer killed Margarita Rivera in December 2014 .
Hall was arrested after attacking Rivera with a pipe and stabbing her numerous times with items he purchased at a Home Depot.
Police said they found Hall unconscious inside a dumpster following a failed suicide attempt.
Hall ambushed Rivera on Watson Place in Jamaica the afternoon of December 1, 2014, and stabbed her multiple times in a chest
According to court testimony, Hall ambushed Rivera on Watson Place in Jamaica the afternoon of Dec. 1, 2014 and stabbed her multiple times in a chest, according to NBC 4 News. He also repeatedly beat her in the head with a pipe.
Following the verdict, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown called the sentence a just resolution to the case.
‘Breaking up with someone should not equal a death sentence, but in a violent rage this defendant carried out a brutal execution of his former lover,’ Brown said in a statement, adding that ‘the sentence imposed by the court today is more than warranted.’
Hall had once been a Golden Gloves winner and was known in some circles as ‘Black Mama.’
NBC reported that Rivera was found in a pool of her own blood following the attack. When they asked who had hurt her, she managed to say ‘Tre’ three times.
Rivera later succumbed to her wounds at Queens Hospital.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown (pictured) the sentence imposed by the court ‘is more than warranted’