A DERRY woman who stabbed her lover in the chest with a kitchen knife was today handed down a 12 month sentence.
A judge at Derry Crown Court said Catriona Johnston, of 6 Dunvale Close, will serve six months of the sentence in custody.
The 29-year-old will spend and a further six months on supervised licence following her release from the female jail at Hydebank Wood.
The charge she was convicted of states that “on 10 February 2015 in the County Court Division of Derry she unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Sean McFadden, contrary to Section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.”
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