Cork man stabbed during fight is jailed for a year

Court told accused lost so much blood, he was lucky to survive

Stab victim Luke Hayes was given a sentence of one year at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on a charge of engaging in an affray.

A 27-year-old Cork man who was rowing with another man met him to sort things out but was stabbed in the leg — losing so much blood he was lucky to survive.

That was the scenario described at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where stab victim Luke Hayes was given a sentence of one year on a charge of engaging in an affray with the man who stabbed him.