Burglar jailed for attack of 'almost medieval barbarity'

A burglar who cut a number of fingers from an artist’s hand and used knives on her “like a butcher” during a break- in has been jailed for 16 years.

Burglar jailed for attack of 'almost medieval barbarity'

A burglar who cut a number of fingers from an artist’s hand and used knives on her “like a butcher” during a break- in has been jailed for 16 years.

Judge Tony Hunt described James Kenny’s attack on the victim “a talented artist” as “unspeakable, almost medieval barbarity” and said the woman had been left with a constant physical reminder “of the horror visited upon her".

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