Three year sentence for alcoholic who stabbed passer-by

An alcoholic who drunkenly stabbed a passer-by and then tried to slash the tyres on a taxi so he couldn't escape has been given a three year prison sentence in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gavin Guinan (aged 30) of Lissadel Road, Drimnagh pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Darren Ward causing him serious harm on September 25 2005. Mr Ward recovered in hospital from a life-threatening injury.