Man jailed following stabbing at property in Cornwall
A man has been jailed for 27 months after stabbing a victim in the chest at a property in Cornwall.
Jack Clark, 33, of St Mary’s Road, Par, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 12 December having pleaded guilty to wounding and possession of a bladed article in a public place.
The court heard how on 31 March 2023 the victim was one of a number of people socialising at a friend’s address in Roche.
At around 2am there was a banging at the door and two women barged into the property shouting abuse and demanding to confront someone within.
The victim in the case attempted to get the women to leave and shortly after was confronted outside by Clark.
One of the women then punched the victim in the face and following a further exchange, Clark brandished a knife and stabbed the man in the chest.
The victim was taken to Royal Cornwall Hospital before being transported to Derriford for treatment for a four inch stab wound to the breastbone.
Clark was arrested and offered no comment in interview. Clark later denied bringing the knife to the scene, but his version of events was dismissed by a judge.
Officer in the case, DC Emily Rickard said: “Jack Clark armed himself and travelled to the address in which a number of people were socialising, knowing full well an altercation was likely.
“He purposefully stabbed the victim in the chest and it is only down to pure luck – and a matter of inches - that this didn’t become a murder investigation.
“Anybody who carries a knife and brandishes it runs the risk of devastating numerous lives as well as their own.”
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