New York jury votes to indict man who strangled NYC subway rider

A New York grand jury has indicted a former US Marine who was filmed placing a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on a subway train, reports say. The choice comes after investigators last month accused Daniel Penny of second-degree homicide for killing road entertainer Jordan Neely. The fantastic jury choice was essential for examiners to officially charge Mr Penny, who is free on bail. Mr Penny says he was acting with good reason during the 1 May occurrence. A legal counselor for Mr Neely's family told CBS News, the BBC's US accomplice, that the family had been educated regarding the fantastic jury's choice. The formal charging record is supposed to be uncovered sometime in the not too distant future. Whenever viewed as at fault for second-degree homicide, he could have to carry out upwards of 15 years in jail. The 24-year-old previous Marine was captured on 12 May after at first being permitted by police to leave the location of Mr Neely's demise. He was put in binds and drove into a police headquarters prior to being delivered on a $100,000 (£80,000) in real money bail. On Sunday, Mr Penny delivered a video via virtual entertainment saying he didn't mean to kill Mr Neely, a 30-year-old vagrant who was supposedly yelling at tram riders before the battle started. "There's a typical confusion that Marines don't get frightened," he said in the video. "We're really shown one of our basic beliefs is fortitude, and boldness isn't the shortfall of dread yet the way that you handle dread," he added, saying he felt a sense of urgency to stand up to Mr Neely as he acted whimsically towards travelers. "I was frightened for myself however I checked out there were ladies and kids, he was hollering in front of them saying these dangers. I just couldn't stand by." What has been going on with Jordan Neely? Grievers request equity at Jordan Neely memorial service Video of the episode caught by an independent writer on the train shows the previous Marine holding Mr Neely around the neck for two minutes and 55 seconds. In the video delivered on Sunday, Mr Penny said the entire association was under five minutes. "I was paying attention to music at that point, and he was hollering, so I took my earphones out to hear what he was shouting," he said. Media subtitle, Watch: Bound Daniel Penny accompanied out of police headquarters a month ago "Furthermore, the three primary dangers that he rehashed again and again was 'I will kill you,' 'I'm ready to go to prison forever,' and 'I'm willing to pass on.'" Group of Mr Neely say that the second-degree homicide allegation ought to be moved up to kill. The killing stunned the city and prompted inquiries concerning the security of public travel and treatment for insane destitute New Yorkers.