NBC New York -A man convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge after punching a woman in the face, leaving her brain-damaged, in a fight about a parking space has been sentenced to one year in jail.

Oscar Fuller was sentenced Friday for assaulting Lana Rosas during their February 2011 confrontation in the East Village. She was knocked off her feet and hit her head on the ground.

In court, her mother, Angie Harrison, told Fuller that “my daughter and family have received a life sentence.”

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