A father from Nottinghamshire came close to ending his son’s life during a knife assault that erupted from a domestic dispute. The 59-year-old man attacked his child three times in the rear garden of his residence on Garabaldi Road in Forest Town, Mansfield, at approximately 9.30pm on August 2 the previous year. During court proceedings in January, jurors were told that the defendant had argued with his 39-year-old son regarding his grandchildren prior to the violent garden incident. The victim’s injuries to his chest and arm left him discovered collapsed in the nearby roadway moments afterward. The chest wound perforated the sac surrounding his heart, necessitating intensive care admission. The defendant, who was taken into custody at the location and received medical treatment, provided no responses during police questioning the subsequent day. At Nottingham Crown Court, a jury acquitted him of attempted murder but convicted him of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Appearing before the same court on April 17, he received a fifteen-year prison sentence along with a restraining order prohibiting any contact with the victim. Detective Constable Jemma Stuman from Nottinghamshire Police stated: “The victim in this case could easily have died as a result of this very violent assault. “Kimberley chose to arm himself with a weapon in the moments before this incident and should count himself lucky that his actions did not prove fatal. “As he begins a very lengthy prison sentence I hope this incident serves as a warning to others – that if you pick up a knife in anger the consequences can and will be extremely serious.