Man jailed for four years after garda injured in knife attack

Brave officer intervened to stop man from cutting himself and to safeguard others in the house

The court heard the woman in the house that night said she believed that Garda McSweeney saved her life.

A brave garda intervened when a man began cutting himself but the man reacted by injuring the guard with the knife and threatening to kill him.

Judge Catherine Staines imposed a sentence of five years with the last year suspended in the case against Anthony O’Donnell, 36, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.