Two teens have been jailed following a stabbing in Sutton Coldfield.
Tunuie Linton, 18, and another boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, both pleaded guilty to wounding following an incident in Churchill Parade in Sutton Coldfield, in May 2022.
On 22 May, 2022, Linton of Alston Road, Solihull, and the second boy, aged 17, assaulted a 20-year-old man outside a store, unprovoked, injured his hand, and stabbed him in the chest, where it missed his heart by less than one centimetre.
Thankfully, the victim survived the attack, and then following an extensive investigation including hours of CCTV footage, multiple ID parades, forensic work, and interviews, Linton and the 17-year-old were arrested and charged.
Both pleaded guilty to wounding, and were both sentenced to five years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court on 25 April.
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