Josh O’Brien's attack on Niamh Kelly lasted up to six minutes, the Central Criminal Court heard

A “jealous” man tried to murder his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her more than 50 times in a “ferocious, unwarranted” attack on the street, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

“Only for an off-duty paramedic, I would have been left to die,” Niamh Kelly (21) told the court on Thursday during a hearing for the sentencing of Josh O’Brien.

The court heard the attack lasted up to six minutes, and a piece of the knife 22-year-old O’Brien used was still lodged in Ms Kelly’s skull.

She spent seven months in hospital recove

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