Shop assistant settles action for €725k after stabbed in hand with syringe

Man was involved in a struggle with the intruder, who stabbed his left hand with a needle that he threatened was contaminated with hepatitis C

Jahan Zaib Butt still had the syringe embedded in his hand when he was admitted to nearby St James’s Hospital.

A shop assistant who was hit on the back of his head with a drinks can and stabbed in the hand with a syringe during an attempted robbery has settled a High Court action for €725,000.

Jahan Zaib Butt was involved in a struggle with the intruder, who stabbed his left hand with a needle that he threatened was contaminated with hepatitis C. Mr Butt still had the syringe embedded in his hand when he was admitted to nearby St James’s Hospital.