Fingal man jailed for slashing potential love rival

A Dublin man who cut an acquaintance’s ear with a Stanley knife because he wrongly believed the victim was in a relationship with his former partner has been sentenced to 18 months with six suspended.

Patrick Carpenter (aged 24) smashed a window in Brian Dodrill's home with the bottom of the knife and when the man came out to investigate he swung at him, cutting him three times in the face.