A man has been sentenced after stabbing another man who had been following him for a "considerable period of time and distance" through Nottingham city centre and St Ann's. It comes after an incident on April 3, 2019 when a man was stabbed on Hedderley Walk in St Ann's.
On May 12, 2022 at Nottingham Crown Court, Elijah Rattigan, 21, of Beechdale Road, Aspley, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and unlawful wounding following the incident. Rattigan was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for two years for the offences at the same court on Tuesday (August 9).
Judge Rafferty, who delivered the sentence, concluded that the man who was stabbed had been following Rattigan, despite Rattigan's attempts to tell him to go away and walking away from him. Judge Rafferty said: "This excessive act of self defence saw you draw the knife to scare him away, but then there was a coming together and the man was grievously injured."
