Man jailed for 11 years after stabbing his own lawyer

Esayas Neguse has been jailed for the attempted murder of Muhammad Shoaib.

This report contains a graphic description of the attack.

A lawyer who survived being stabbed in the chest by his client says he still has flashbacks of the moment he feared he was going to die.

The high court heard Neguse had only been freed from prison months before the attack in 2022 and had 11 previous convictions.

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