Man stabbed teenager over unpaid drug debt

A Dublin man who stabbed a 15-year-old in Kildare leaving him with life-threatening injuries because the teenager had failed to pay a drug debt has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Aaron Byrne, 22, had been attempting to get the remaining €250 debt, for an amount of cannabis, and had previously called at the victim’s home demanding the cash.

The day before the stabbing he met with the boy at a service station where €100 was handed over.