A MAN was sentenced to seven years in prison after a stabbing in St Saviour in September that left both him and his victim with serious injuries.
Following an initial altercation over a drugs debt, Robert Adrian Canavan (30) returned to the Wellington Park Estate where the victim lived “furious”, seeking “revenge” and armed with two knives, the Royal Court heard.
Crown Advocate Christina Hall, prosecuting, described how three knives were later found in the area.
Canavan was slashed across the face – and after he called an ambulance for himself, emergency services found the other man in his bed with stab wounds to the chest and abdomen – one of which was so deep he needed emergency surgery.
Advocate Olaf Blakeley, defending, argued that the defendant experienced violence and disruption throughout his life, but was trying to “improve”.
Commissioner Sir William Bailhache presided over the sentencing.
The Jurats sitting were Elizabeth Dulake, Kim Averty, Gareth Hughes, Alison Opfermann and Michael Entwistle.
