A Southampton teenager has been jailed for three and half years after stabbing a man on the bum and stomach.

Alfie Breakspear, 18, of Radcliffe Road, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent after stabbing a 20-year-old man on March 2 this year.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard yesterday that a row had broken out inside an address in North Street, Emsworth, between Breakspear and his victim in the early hours of the morning.

This reached a boiling point when Breakspear stabbed the man and left him with two wounds, "one to his buttock and one to his abdomen", police said, with officers being called at 3am.

The man was taken to hospital with what police initially described as "life-threatening injuries" but has since been discharged.

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Police Staff Investigator Nikki Ginn of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Criminal Investigation Department stressed the victim is “very lucky that this incident did not have far graver consequences".

She said: “Making that decision to pick up a bladed weapon creates the very real risk that you could kill or seriously injure someone. This case makes that shocking reality clear.

“The victim, in this case, survived the injuries inflicted by Breakspear, but the outcome could have been significantly worse.”

Breakspear was also sentenced for a robbery in Southampton in September 2022.

It was reported that on September 11, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old boy were approached in Bevois Valley and threatened.

The 17-year-old boy was punched in the face, suffering minor injuries, and his bike was then taken.

PSI Ginn added: “We regularly make proactive efforts to target knife carriers and remove weapons from the streets.

“This work won’t stop, and we hope that anyone thinking of carrying recognises that there are serious consequences both for themselves and others when they make that decision to pick up a weapon.”