Six years’ jail for stabbing teen in chest
A MAN has been jailed for six years after pleading guilty to stabbing a teenager who tried to break up a domestic assault.
South Wales Police said Darryl Ashley Price from North Cornelly plunged a knife into victim Joshua Richards’ chest following an altercation at an address in Pyle in the early hours of May 15.
The 17-year-old was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and 23-year-old Price was traced to an address in Bryncethin soon after.
A police spokesman said that at Cardiff Crown Court he admitted a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment on July 13. Charges of assault occasioning ABH, inflicting GBH and two counts of common assault will lie on file.
Detective Constable Samantha Evans, who led the investigation, said: “This was a particularly vicious assault on a young man who was attempting to intervene to stop an attack and calm a hostile situation. It was only by chance that he wasn’t more seriously injured.
“I hope Darryl Price uses his time in prison to reflect on the severity of his actions, and I hope the case and the sentence passed serves as a warning to others who contemplate carrying weapons.
“Knife crime will simply not be tolerated within our communities and we will work determinedly to ensure those carrying and using weapons are brought to justice.”