Corkman who stabbed his son eight times jailed despite son's plea for leniency

The court heard that given the injuries he sustained the son was fortunate to make a full recovery

The judge urged Leon Frahill (pictured) to remember his son’s wishes and not anything that he (the sentencing judge) had to say. Picture: Dan Linehan 

A court in Cork heard that a 49-year-old man stabbed his own adult son eight times and could have killed him and the sentencing judge said it was a truly tragic case where the victim pleaded for his father not to be jailed.

“All he wants is not that his father is punished but that his father would straighten himself out with the drink.