City man sentenced to prison for attack on girlfriend

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man convicted of attacking and cutting his girlfriend will spend four years behind bars, but that is only half the time prosecutors wanted to see him locked up.

Mateen Abdullah appeared this week before Judge Lou D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for sentencing on one count of felonious assault. He previously was convicted of the charge after a jury trial.

Judge D’Apolito sentenced Abdullah to four years in prison, alcohol-abuse treatment and three years’ probation upon his release from prison. He will be given credit for the 234 days he has spent in the county jail.

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