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Man jailed over Aldershot army barracks stabbing Man jailed over Aldershot army barracks stabbing
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A man who stabbed a soldier in the back of the neck at an army barracks has been jailed for six years. A man who stabbed a soldier at an army barracks, leaving the snapped-off blade embedded in his neck, has been jailed for six years.
David Ferguson, 26, was seriously injured at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, at about 06:15 GMT on 12 November. Cpl David Ferguson, 27, was attacked at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, at about 06:15 GMT on 12 November.
Aidan Warner, 20, pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court in August to one count of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Aidan Warner, 20, pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court in August to one count of wounding with intent.
Warner, of Egret Gardens, Aldershot, will serve his sentence at a young offenders' institution.Warner, of Egret Gardens, Aldershot, will serve his sentence at a young offenders' institution.
At the time of the arrests in November, detectives said they were investigating how the civilians came to be in the barracks, which is home to 1st Battalion Scots Guards. Simon Edwards, prosecuting, said Warner, a civilian, had met the soldiers in a pub watching an England v Scotland football match.
Winchester Crown Court heard Warner had been out drinking with another civilian and soldiers watching an England v Scotland match in a pub. He said Warner had spent more than £100 that day on alcohol and had taken two lines of cocaine.
He was invited back to the barracks at about 03:00. The defendant was invited back to the barracks where "some bickering" began.
Neither Warner nor Cpl Ferguson remembered what had happened. Warner took a knife from a kitchen area and stabbed Cpl Ferguson, though neither of them could remember the reason why, the court heard.
Prosecutor Simon Edwards said: "It seems to have occurred through a haze of drugs and alcohol as far as the defendant is concerned." The soldier suffered two "deep penetrating wounds" to the back and side of his neck, which were thought by paramedics to be life-threatening.
Judge Andrew Barnett said the consequences of the attack could have been very much more serious. The severed blade had to removed by surgeons at St George's Hospital, London.
He said: "You could have killed him, bluntly". Judge Andrew Barnett said the "vicious assault" could have killed the soldier.
Why the attack happened would remain a mystery, he added. He told Warner: "Mr Ferguson has decided to leave the Army having become sufficiently traumatised by your actions.
He said: "Part of the blade was left in the neck, such was the viciousness of the attack." "That is a considerable loss to someone who has been in the Army for a considerable period of time."
He told Warner: "Mr Ferguson has decided to leave the Army as he has been significantly traumatised by your actions.
"That is a considerable loss to someone who has been in the Army for a considerable period of time.
"You must bear the responsibility for that as you must for your actions, drunken and thoughtless as they were."