JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A man who fatally stabbed another during an apparent dispute over feeding pigeons in a New Jersey park has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
Charles Lowy learned his fate Friday. The 69-year-old Jersey City man had been convicted in July of reckless manslaughter in the April 2018 slaying of 77-year-old retired teacher Anthony Bello.
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Authorities believe the stabbing occurred while the two men argued over Lowy's habit of feeding pigeons in Pershing Field park in Jersey City.
Police responding to a call found Bello unresponsive and bleeding from the torso. He died at a hospital.
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Lowy's attorney said at trial that Bello was the aggressor and that Lowy stabbed him in self-defense.
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