Man Receives Prison Sentence for Knife Attack After Brawl

An individual who stabbed his victim with a kitchen knife and subsequently fled the scene on a bus has been handed an eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Wayne Bryson, 31, was involved in an altercation with another man in February on Hawthorne Street in Easington, County Durham. The confrontation escalated into the street, where his victim sustained life-threatening stab wounds to the chest and back. Bryson was found guilty at Durham Crown Court of wounding with intent and possession of a knife in a public place. Durham Police reported that he was apprehended after escaping the assault on a bus travelling to Peterlee, and subsequently discarding the knife in a bus station bin. Bryson, who is of no fixed address, was sentenced on Monday. Detective Sergeant Anthony Wild commented that the force remains committed to “reducing weapon-based violence across our patch”.