A man who gunned down a romantic rival outside a Point Loma gym, then fled to Mexico, was sentenced Friday to 45 years to life in state prison.
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The victim's parents told reporters their son had been going out with a woman Martinez previously dated, and that the suspect had assaulted her several weeks prior to Mazin's slaying. Mazin and the woman had been dating for about three months at the time of his killing. Before Mazin's parents and brother delivered victim impact statements at Martinez's sentencing hearing, the defendant said through a Spanish-speaking interpreter,"I don't want to hear this" and asked to waive the interpreter's services for the remainder of the hearing, but his request was rejected by San Diego Superior Court Judge Eugenia Eyherabide.
Mazin's father, Jeffrey, a retired surgeon, said he had to give up his life's work because the grief of his son's passing was too much to bear. He said the family's lives have been"always and forever ruined by the ruthless, senseless, horrendous murder of our Alexander" and called Martinez,"the jealous, cowardly excrement of society,""the embodiment of evil," and"the devil incarnate.
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