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The man who was caught on tape punching a female New England Patriots fan in the face after a Jets win isn’t a stranger to violence.

In fact, Kurt Paschke (right) is actually an ex-con who served three years in prison for the stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy.

According to the Daily Mail:

Following a furor after it was posted on social media, investigations have revealed that Paschke, then 17, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and sentenced to three years in jail for the stabbing death of Henri Ferrer during a fight outside a pizzeria in Sayville, New York in 1992.

He was originally charged with murder, but convicted of the lesser crime.

“I am deeply sorry,” Paschke said at the time of his sentencing in 1995. “I can honestly say I never sought the confrontation, but when it came, I did what I had to do.”

The father of the deceased teenager told the New York Post that Paschke got off lightly because his father was a Suffolk County police officer.

“I wrote the judge a letter, that this guy is going to kill again,” Robert Ferrer, 80, told the New York Post.

“He killed for no reason. He went out of his way to get a knife to stab my son. My son was involved in a fist fight and he went out to get a knife and stabbed my son. They were the same age. They were the same size. He had no business killing my son.”

However, friends of the Jets fan have come forward to defend him in the wake of his brawl at MetLife Stadium, saying Paschke isn’t a violent person.

“He would never go after anybody if there wasn’t a reason,” said Ward Roser, 52. “It looks like the girl went after him, not the other way around. He would never hit a lady.”

You be the judge:

Charges against Paschke are expected to be announced on Tuesday.

SOURCE: Daily Mail, NY Post | PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook