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Online row led to gamer being stabbed, court told

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An online altercation between two combat video game players about Covid death figures led to a real-life stabbing, a court has heard.

Ciaran Cuffe, 49, with an address in Slieve Rua, Moate, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to assault in connection with the knife attack.

Garda Hayley Foley told the court the men had been talking on their headsets while playing the video game. "I said let me go, or I will stab you," he said. The court heard he thought he"nicked" Mr Fagan once under the shoulder, and claimed he did not intend to cause serious harm. He stated the knife punctured his stomach, lacerated his liver, missed a shoulder artery by a millimetre, and he no longer had a belly button.

 

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