Drunk man left his partner in a three-week coma after horrific knife attack

Daniel Bourke has been given a ten-year prison sentence



A man who brutally stabbed his partner at least 20 times in a violent, drunken row leaving her with in a coma has been given an extended prison sentence.

Daniel William Bourke stabbed his victim in the neck, back and stomach, and a judge at Warwick Crown Court said it was “merciful” that Andene Harvey didn’t die after also suffering severe internal injuries.

Bourke, 46, of Newland Road, Leamington, had pleaded guilty to wounding 34-year-old Miss Harvey with intent – and a plea of not guilty to attempted murder was accepted.

He was jailed for ten years as part of what is known as an extended sentence – under which he will have to serve at least two-thirds before the Parole Board will even consider his release.

And, if he is released before the ten years is up, Bourke will remain on licence for the rest of that period and, Judge Andrew Lockhart QC ordered, for a further five years.

Jailing Bourke, the judge said: “You are responsible for some 20 knife wounds to the most vulnerable parts of her body.

“I have to consider whether you are dangerous. I am driven to conclude that were you to be in a relationship again, and were you to be drinking again, it may be the case that you would act in this way again. I am satisfied the dangerousness provisions apply.”

Prosecutor Jeremy Janes told the court that there had been “an episode of violence by her towards him in the street in the period leading up to August 26, and it’s a matter for which she was awaiting a charging decision”.

Of the incident itself, Mr Janes said there was an argument and Miss Harvey can recall receiving “a number of stab-type injuries”.

But her recollection did not describe exactly what took place in the house, and those details had largely come from remarks made by Bourke following his arrest.

Mr Janes said Miss Harvey suffered “something in the order of 20-25 injuries”.