25-year-old illegal alien gets 37 years for mutilating genitals of 49-year-old Trenton lover

Published: Friday, March 04, 2011

By ARTEMIS COUGHLAN


TRENTON — An illegal immigrant from Costa Rica was sentenced to 37 years in prison yesterday for kidnapping and sexually mutilating the girlfriend who dumped him upon learning she was more than twice his age.

Irvin Sandi-Soto, who lived on Chambers Street, was 23 in February 2008 when the unnamed 49-year-old girlfriend found out his real age after living with him for more than two years.

Sandi-Soto allegedly struck after they encountered each other at a local nightclub and she refused to dance with him. He allegedly went to her house on Genesee Street soon after, dragged her out and tossed her into the back of her car.

Sandi-Soto allegedly choked, beat, the woman and disfigured her genitals in a stabbing while he drove around Trenton, to New Brunswick and back.

During the violent attack, the victim testified at the trial in October that she fell in and out of consciousness and was deposited with her car at the Trenton Train Station, said Assistant Prosecutor Renee Robeson.

“He is still not taking responsibility for these crimes,â€