One-legged man’s time to prepare

A criminal with one leg who was jailed yesterday at Limerick Circuit Court was given a week to prepare for his medical needs behind bars, before starting a two- year sentence.

Vincent Leamy, aged 42, of Pineview Gardens, Moyross, stabbed a man at a New Year’s Eve party, the court heard. His victim went to bed after the attack, not realising his injury included a knife wound to the liver.

Sentence had been adjourned to see how Leamy behaved, and the court heard he has been in trouble with the law since the attack and was due in court on drug-dealing charges.