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Sentencing delayed for Viktoria Nasyrova in attempted cheesecake poisoning of lookalike

Guilty verdict in cheesecake poisoning case
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NEW YORK -- A sentencing hearing was postponed Tuesday for a Brooklyn woman convicted of trying to kill her lookalike with a poisoned cheesecake. 

A jury found Viktoria Nasyrova guilty last month. Prosecutors said she hoped to kill Olga Svyk in 2016 with a cheesecake laced with a potentially fatal drug in an attempt to steal Svyk's identity and return to Russia. 

The district attorney said Syvk vomited and hallucinated but survived. 

Nasyrova faces up to 25 years in prison.   

Her sentencing has been pushed to April 18.

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