Man sentenced to 12 years for kitchen knife stabbing

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, with the final three years suspended, after he left an acquaintance with life threatening injuries after stabbing him with a large kitchen knife.

Stephen O’Reilly (aged 27), who previously attacked another man leaving him paralysed, stabbed Stephen O’Brien six times and twice penetrated his chest cavity. He caused the victim’s lung to collapse requiring emergency surgery to reflate it. Mr O’Brien remained in hospital for almost a week.