Town ‘nuisance’ jailed for 3 years over stabbing

A MAN described as a nuisance to Dungarvan was jailed for three years yesterday for stabbing a man he claimed had “propositioned” him during a party.

Brian Veale, 25, from 53 Kyne Park, Abbeyside, Dungarvan in Co Waterford, pleaded guilty at Waterford Circuit Court to assaulting Paul Allen, causing him harm, at 5 The Beeches, Dungarvan, on April 25 last, and to producing an offensive weapon (a knife).

He told gardaí he stabbed Mr Allen because he had been propositioned by him.