Teen Stabbing Victim Speaks Out

0:00It's April 9th. You're listening to Lester News today, AI-powered local news. In 18-year-old from East Hall named Harley Mitchell just got hit with a six-year sentence in a young offender's institution after stabbing his. Friend in the stomach during a wild night out last October. The crew had been drinking heavy and doing cocaine before they crashed at a house around 1.30 a.m. Mitchell pulled a knife from his bag, started messing around with it, and things escalated quick when his friend called him out. The victim confronted him over some dumb food order. Backed up against the wall, took a punch, then a brutal six-inch stab to his bow that left him, bleeding from the mouth and fighting for life. He lost 1,800 milliliters of blood, needed emergency surgery and two transfusions, later saying he thought he was going to die. Mitchell bolted after the attack, got nabbed nearby still with the knife, and copped to grieve his bodily harm with intent plus knife possession. He also admitted a separate afray where he scared two girls with a hammer in a car park.

1:02Judges called it a harrow away from murder. Flagged him as a dangerous offender with 36 prior convictions, mostly assaults, but noted his regret, and clean streak now. Parole board calls the release shot, followed by four years on extended license, leaving everyone hoping he turns it around for real.