Man who stabbed friend gets eight years

A man has been sentenced to eight years for stabbing his friend leaving him with life threatening injuries.

Jason Curry, aged 23, who was acquitted of the murder of David Rooney, aged 35, at the Central Criminal Court in Oct 2009, has 25 previous convictions including another eight year sentence for stabbing his aunt’s partner in Jun 2006.

Judge Patrick McCartan had suspended the final three years of that sentence, which was handed down in Mar 2010. The sentence had been backdated to reflect time that Curry had spent on remand in prison. He was under the suspended portion of this term when he stabbed Shane Day in Ballinteer in Jun 2012.