Pensioner stabbed punter over bet

A dispute over a betting docket led to a pensioner inflicting stab wounds on a fellow punter in a Limerick pub where they watched on television a horse they backed, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

Edwin (Eddie) Holman, aged 78, formerly of Main St, Hospital, Co Limerick, and now with an address in Castleconnell, yesterday pleaded guilty to assaulting William O’Brien, causing him harm, and to the unlawful production of a kitchen knife in a pub.

Mr O’Brien, aged 49, received a laceration to his liver when Holman stabbed him in Devane’s pub, in Hospital. Mr O’Brien spent seven days in hospital.