Birmingham man jailed for stabbing Powys man four times
Ricco Douglas, 25, travelled from his home in Birmingham to Llandrindod Wells on December 14 last year.
But an argument over a drug deal with Scott Weale led to a scuffle and unarmed Douglas managed to disarm Mr Weale who had a knife.
Douglas then stabbed Mr Weale twice in the chest and twice in the back before fleeing home to the West Midlands where he was caught by police days later.
Mr Weale was rushed to hospital in Cardiff with 'life-threatening' stab wounds and needed four hours of surgery.
Douglas, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, was jailed for five years and three months by a judge at Newport Crown Court on Monday (June 9) for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He had initially been charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder, but those charges were dropped and he pleaded guilty to the wounding with intent offence.
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