Lunch break judge will let kin have day in court

A judge who denied the grieving relative of a murder victim the chance to address her sister’s killer because it coincided with his lunch break has had a change of heart.

Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge William Harrington (photo) will hold a hearing Thursday to allow Orchid Warren, the sister of stabbing victim Liza Millet, to read her victim impact statement in court.

Millet, 48, was stabbed more than 80 times by Dorothy Curry in 2016 at the Brooklyn YWCA, which provides housing for low-income and homeless women.

At Curry’s sentencing last week, Harrington cited the lunch hour among his reasons for refusing to wait for Warren, who was within walking distance of the courthouse on nearby Fulton St.

Then, to the shock of onlookers, the judge briefly detained Assistant District Attorney Leila Rosini for arguing with him over the matter.

Curry was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Millet’s incredulous relatives lamented the judge’s decision to the Daily News after the dramatic proceeding.

“You can’t wait?” her daughter Cyrstal Jackson, 44, said. “It’s just so sad.”

On Wednesday, Jackson said she hopes Harrington apologizes for his rush to wrap up the sentencing without hearing from the family.

“He needs to do that,” Jackson said, adding she won’t be able to attend the new hearing, but will have her own impact statement added to the court records.

In her statement, Jackson-addresses Curry: “You will be able to get visits to see your family. Liza’s family will never get to visit her, visit her body.

“We visit our memories… Don’t expect forgiveness from her family.”