A teenager who stabbed a man repeatedly after being attacked during a street altercation has been jailed.
Sheldon Meaker and Rhys Hurst were involved in a street fracas which was described in court this week.
19-year-old Meaker was punched by Mr Hurst, who threw him against a shop window, stamped on his face and straddled him before Meaker grabbed a knife at the scene and knifed him eight times.
Meaker, from Hartcliffe was due to face trial in March but confessed to unlawful wounding on December 14, 2019. He appeared for sentence today, Thursday April 21 report Bristol Live.
Jailing him for 16 months, Judge Paul Cook told Meaker: “This was grave violence. You stabbed your victim repeatedly with a knife, in a public place, and it is lucky he was not killed.”
Meaker was given an indefinite restraining order to have no contact with named parties.
Mark Worsley, prosecuting, said trouble flared between two groups, one including the defendant and the other Mr Hurst. He said a fight which ensued was seen by adults and youngsters in the area.
After Mr Hurst stamped on Meaker’s face and straddled him, Meaker stabbed him. He then cried “I’ve banged him” and told people he was with to run.
The court heard Mr Hurst suffered two stab wounds to his chest which punctured his lung. He was also stabbed on the left side of his abdomen, left arm, left flank and left arm.
A month later police recovered a knife, thought to be used in the incident, from a drain. No forensic evidence was available due to the knife’s sullied condition.
Mr Hurst made an impact statement in which he said the stabbing has left him scarred for life and was a daily reminder of how lucky he was to be alive. He said he was left anxious as a result, had pulled out of a bricklaying course at college and wanted to move address.
Anthony Bignall, defending, told the court his client had been shopping, there was a confrontation and his client had defended himself with a blade which was at the scene.
Mr Bignall said: “He accepts he used excessive force and injured him too many times.”
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