Barber gets sweet sentence after gruesome, real-life ‘Sweeney Todd’ razor attack on customer

In a horror scene right out of “Sweeney Todd,” a Yonkers barber gashed a customer’s artery during a wild attack with a straight razor — and was then handed a paltry sentence by notoriously lenient judge.

Haircutter Jeury Fernandez Navarro, 38, flew into a rage because he suspected 27-year-old Carlos Santana Cordero had sex with his girlfriend, according to trial testimony.

Cordero was sitting in another barber’s chair at Escape Barber Shop on South Broadway on Aug. 4, 2025, when Navarro grabbed his hair and jerked his head back and held a gold-plated razor to his neck, according to a criminal complaint.

As the victim fought back, Navarro swung the razor toward his face, but instead struck his left arm, according to the complaint…

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