Belfast stabbing victim’s condition ‘improving’ and he may soon come out of coma

A police cordon at the scene of the stabbing outside apartments in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be woken from a coma within the next 48 hours.

Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.