Man stabbed pensioner for alleged sex act while he slept

A father of three who awoke from a drunken slumber to find a man allegedly performing a sex act on him has been jailed for six years after brutally attacking the man.

Man stabbed pensioner for alleged sex act while he slept

Lee Mitchell went into an uncontrolled frenzy and stabbed pensioner Patrick McLaughlin at least 20 times at a house in Carndonagh, Co Donegal, on May 30, 2014.

So severe was the attack that the 74-year-old lost the sight in one of his eyes and is now in a care home.

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