Tyresse Minter, 30, was given the light penalty of two to four years behind bars after he copped to criminally negligent homicide last month for killing Corde Scott, 15, when he wrapped his legs and arms around the boy, cutting off his oxygen, inside their Westchester Square apartment during an argument on Jan. 23, 2023.

“You are the reason I had to bury my child, which no mother should have to do,” Scott’s grieving mom Karen Glenn charged. “Moreover, that my husband, who I should be able to trust with our children, caused the death and mental trauma of my children.”

Glenn said “the most outrageous part” of Minter’s actions after young Corde’s death was him having the gall to ask her to stay together with her — and “taunting” her with photos of himself and his children at Scott’s gravesite in a bid to show how much remorse he had.

“I miss my son so much. You said to me you don’t care what people think about you, only what I think, and I think you’re a child killer.”

Glenn told Judge Audrey Stone through tears earlier in the hearing that she disagreed with the plea offer Minter was given by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and asked for the most severe punishment — even though prosecutors already agreed to the term under the deal they struck with Minter.

Glenn said that her innocent son — who had only just turned 15 a month prior — loved Minter and looked up to him but “you took his life.”

“What you did to Corde was inhuman and to do this with me on the phone and your daughter present is nothing less [than] barbaric,” Glenn said, as roughly two dozen of Scott’s family members sat crying in the courtroom gallery.

The heartbroken mother said the maximum sentence “is what is deserved for justice for my son Corde because you sentenced us to a lifetime of grief.”

Glenn’s sister and Scott’s aunt, Brittany, raged at Minter for causing so much agony in their family and for robbing her nephew of his life.

“May you reap what you sowed,” Brittany said. “May you have as much sleepless nights that you caused me and my family.”

Even the prosecutor, Alexandra Militano, teared up during the proceedings.

“While this is negotiated fully, I appreciate that the family is suffering a great loss that can’t be cured by the sentence in this case,” Militano said. “I do, however, want to thank them, because they’ve always been present here since the case began.”

Minter — wearing an orange jumpsuit — declined to make a statement and stared stone-faced at the wall in front of him as Scott’s family delivered their heart-rending remarks.

“While this is negotiated fully, I appreciate that the family is suffering a great loss that can’t be cured by the sentence in this case,” Militano said. “I do, however, want to thank them, because they’ve always been present here since the case began.”

At the end of the hearing, he turned to a handful of his supporters and said, “Love you.”

His lawyer, Alec Miran, spoke on his behalf before the punishment was handed down, saying: “I cannot express how sorry and how remorseful Mr. Minter is.”

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The defense lawyer said his client wishes he could change what happened.