8.5-year sentence upheld for attacker who left victim battling for life

A man convicted of stabbing a friend seventeen times with scissors in Letterkenny has failed in his appeal against an eight-and-a-half year prison sentence. Kenneth Broe was found guilty of assault causing serious harm following an incident on October 9, 2008, in which the victim sustained multiple wounds to the neck, head, and chest and required two life-saving operations. The Court of Appeal dismissed Broe's…