Man stabbed 17 times forgives attacker and plans to visit him in jail following apology letter

A man who almost died twice after being stabbed 17 times says he wants to become friends with his attacker after he received a letter of apology from him from prison.

Kristian Shortt was left for dead when Kenneth Broe attacked him in an apartment in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. So bad were Mr Shortt's injuries that gardaí could not tell if he was a man or a woman when they arrived at the bloodbath scene.