A MAN who pleaded guilty to stabbing his brother after a fight has been sentenced to 18 months jail, to be served by way of an intensive correctional order.
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Ashley Hevesi-Nagy, 46, of Duckmaloi Road, Oberon, was sentenced on three matters: reckless wounding and two counts of possessing or using a prohibited weapon.
On the reckless wounding charge, he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment to date from August 5, to be served as an intensive correction order. He was also ordered to undertake 200 hours of community service and abstain from drinking alcohol or taking illicit drugs.
On the possessing a prohibited weapon charges, he was given a two-year Community Corrections Order.
Police facts handed to the court told how the accused, a hairdresser by trade, was at his Duckmaloi Road property with his brother and another man.
All three were drinking while doing jobs around the farm, before they returned to the residence and continued drinking, the police facts said.
The accused and victim started arguing over what music and computer games they were playing and it led to them having a physical scuffle, in which no-one was injured.
A short time later, the accused was in the kitchen when he held a bottle of Wild Turkey by the neck and pointed it towards the victim.
He then grabbed a large kitchen knife and also pointed it at his brother, who was standing two metres away, the police facts said.
The victim approached the accused and a struggle occurred, with the victim sustaining a wound to the lower left part of his stomach.
The witness and the victim went to the main residence, leaving a trail of blood behind them, where police and ambulance were called. The accused started cleaning up the blood, mopping inside the house and hosing the trail of blood outside.
While the victim was taken to hospital for surgery, the accused was arrested. A search of the house located a gun safe with two silencers inside.
The accused told police he only held the knife and bottle to scare the victim and make him leave, but the victim rushed at him and he didn't realise he had stabbed him.