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Teenager sentenced to 10 years in prison for multiple stabbings
A Saturday night out in Bristol last summer ended in five young men being stabbed at two different nightclubs by the same teenager.
Louis Holmes has now been given a sentence of 15 years, 10 of which will be served in prison.
Eighteen-year-old Holmes stabbed one man three times inside Pryzm in the harbourside and later four men outside Dojo Lounge on Park Row in the early hours of August 21 2016, leaving one of them paralysed from the neck down.
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Holmes, also known as Bramble, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court after admitting four counts of wounding and one count of wounding with intent, as well as a separate charge of possessing prohibited items in prison, including a knife, mobile phone and drugs.
He will serve 10 years in prison and then an additional five years on licence due to him being termed as a dangerous offender.
His co-defendant Jamie Ivers, 26, of Charfield, was sentenced to 35 months in prison for one count of causing actual bodily harm, one count of dangerous driving and one count of theft – offences all linked to the same series of incidents.
Jamie Ivers helped Louis Holmes by driving him away from Dojo Lounge
Det Insp Jane Wigmore said: “Louis Holmes went on a spree of violence and destruction that night which left five men with stab injuries.
“Jamie Ivers helped Holmes by driving him from away from the Dojo Lounge towards Clifton in a dangerous manner, narrowly missing pedestrians at a set of traffic lights on the way.”
The assault charge relates to Ivers punching a taxi driver in the face as part of his and Holmes’ bid to escape the police.
When Holmes was arrested, a blue lock knife in his possession was forensically linked to three of the victims. Blood found on his coat linked him to one of the other victims.
The silver Mini used in the incident was later set alight on Chelsea Park in Easton, causing damage to other cars parked nearby and surrounding properties.
Wigmore added: “Holmes went out armed with a knife that evening and the trail of violence he embarked on as a result of carrying that weapon is horrifying. At the age of 18 he has already thrown his life away as a direct result of his actions that night.”
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