Woman sentenced over social worker stabbing

A 25-year-old woman, who claimed to beryllium a kid exile to Northern Ireland, has been jailed for stabbing a societal worker.

Fiyori Kesete, primitively from Eritrea, admitted causing grievous bodily harm astatine an earlier quality successful Dungannon Crown Court.

She attacked the unfortunate without warning, stabbing her successful the arms and head.

At the clip of the incident, Kesete was nether the attraction of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust’s 14+ team.

The battle happened aft constabulary brought her backmost to her accommodation erstwhile she had been missing for days, accompanied by her societal worker.

Upon entering the property, Kesete went to the room wherever the societal idiosyncratic was unpacking groceries, saying: "I’ve bought you each your favourite things."

Without warning, the unfortunate was stabbed aggregate times successful the limb and head.

Police, inactive extracurricular the property, rapidly contained Kesete portion paramedics arrived.

The societal idiosyncratic was rushed to the infirmary for exigency surgery.

During a constabulary interview, Kesete admitted to the onslaught but provided nary mentation for her actions.

A condemnation of six years imprisonment was handed down but, having deemed Kesete to beryllium dangerous, the justice extended the play of licence connected merchandise by 2 years.

During sentencing the justice described the battle arsenic "a vicious and terrifying ordeal with far-reaching and lasting effects".

He noted that Kesete showed "limited remorse oregon unfortunate awareness," and had blamed the societal idiosyncratic and constabulary for making her angry.

The tribunal was told that astatine the clip she was arrested her individuality remained unconfirmed and determination are 5 antithetic dates of commencement and six variations of her property registered with the Home Office.

An appraisal established Kesete’s close day of commencement and she was transferred from younker custody to Hydebank Women’s Prison.

The justice rejected the proposition that she had been trafficked to Northern Ireland but noted that she did "arrive illegally, and it whitethorn good beryllium she was smuggled in."

He besides said her behaviour successful custody had been persistently assertive and violent.

PSNI Detective Constable Dunlop described the incidental arsenic a "completely unprovoked onslaught which nary 1 should ever person to brushwood successful the people of their work."

Det Cons Dunlop hoped the sentencing "will supply the unfortunate with immoderate comfortableness that justness had been served".

He recommended that Kesete should beryllium deported astatine the extremity of her sentence.