5-year sentence for stabbing friend 22 times

A young mother who stabbed her friend 22 times in an Ennis playground was yesterday jailed for five years, with the final year suspended.

Charlene Sherlock, aged 23, assaulted Nicole Keane, aged 22, after accusing her of cheating on Ms Keane’s boyfriend, who is Ms Sherlock’s brother.

Sherlock, who has a nine-month-old girl, pleaded guilty at a previous sitting of Ennis Circuit Court and sentence was passed yesterday at a resumed hearing at Limerick Circuit Court.