'Seeking revenge on the victim, you stabbed him with vicious ferocity'

A MAN who repeatedly stabbed his victim outside a city centre nightclub when 'seeking revenge' has been handed a 25-year prison term.

- By MARTIN NAYLOR [e-mail]

Connor Page was told by a judge that his repeated stabbing of Skye Severn was carried out “with vicious ferocity”.

CCTV played during his trial in January showed the 27-year-old savagely use the blade several times on his victim, from Bilborough, after an argument outside the I-Club, in Wilford Street, in the early hours of June 23 last year.

Such was the ferocity of the attack, the tip of the knife was left lodged in the skull of the 25-year-old and it had to be removed through surgery.

Phone footage showed a large crowd witness the attack and one woman was heard screaming “he's stabbing him, he's stabbing him”.

As well as the more serious charge, the defendant was sentenced for violence in Nottingham city centre in June 2022, and for assaulting his then-partner during a separate attack, Ring doorbell footage of which was played at this week’s sentencing hearing.

Judge Mark Watson said: “Skye Severn grabbed you because you were hassling a female and he chose to involve himself.

“There was a scuffle between you and when that scuffle came to an end his intention was to go home.

“Your intention was to seek revenge. You stabbed him repeatedly with vicious ferocity. Wherever it (the knife) came from, it was brought to the scene.

“You acquired the knife in order to exact your revenge. There were multiple stab wounds and surgery was required to remove the tip of the knife from his skull.