An Albany man will spend the next 25 years to life in prison.

Paul Barbaritano was convicted, found guilty of choking and stabbing 29-year-old Nicole Jennings to death in July of 2019.

His attorney says it was a horrible accident during a sexual encounter, something Barbaritano backed up in his testimony.

Charges were upgraded from manslaughter to murder in early 2020.

Judge McDonough said: “The defendant not only slashed the neck of this victim, thereby killing her, but the defendant sat and did nothing after the injury, as Ms. Jennings bled out, and died on the floor of his apartment. He made no effort to help, he made no effort to contact police, 911, an ambulance As such the only appropriate sentence, is to sentence you to 25 years to life incarceration”