Man stabbed friend 40 times after day of drink

TWO friends spent the day drinking together but it ended in extreme violence when one man stabbed the other 40 times.

Detective Garda Donal Casey found the attacker, Anthony O’Riordan, aged 25, of 5 Douglas Village West, Douglas, Cork, covered in blood at the scene.

Det Casey found up to five knives on the floor close to where the victim, James O’Sullivan, was lying on September 12, 2010, at a flat in Heritage House, Cathedral Road, Gurranabraher, Cork. Some of the knives used in the attack were broken. O’Riordan had sustained no injuries.