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Angel Payan Almendarez cannot remember strangling his estranged wife unconscious as their crying three-year-old child watched in horror.

And Anastasiya Payan Almendarez and their son cannot forget the terrifying ordeal — which she survived by “miraculous” luck, said Justice John McMahon.

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He sentenced her abusive ex-husband to nine years in prison after convicting him Tuesday of attempted murder, breaking and entering and unlawful confinement for the Dec. 8, 2015 crimes.

“The young child is now constantly worried about losing his mom based on what he saw his dad do to his mom,” said McMahon.

“It was clearly by luck and not by design that the victim survived and he’s not charged with murder.”

The victim, 27, was twice strangled unconscious by Angel Payan Almendarez — the first time as their son, Aiden, watched and wept uncontrollably.

The husband, a 25-year-old Honduran immigrant, bullied his way into his wife’s Goldfinch Crt. apartment as Anastasiya, Aiden and her friend, Chrstine Rieck tried to leave.