Door used by victim for protection ‘shredded’

Such was the ferocity of a stabbing attack in a Limerick apartment, the intended victim received three wounds, one almost fatal, when knives “shredded” the door he was using as a shield to protect himself, a court heard.

Declan Lysaght, aged 26, of Russell House, Broad St, was yesterday jailed for three years at Limerick Circuit Court for assault causing harm to Damien Keane with a knife.

He was found guilty by a jury at the same court last December.