Teenager Joseph Asante was yesterday put behind bars for five years and four months after stabbing a man with a carving knife outside a Leicester nightclub.
The 17-year-old, from Leicester, stabbed the man in the chest and the abdomen following an incident outside the Canvas nightclub in the city centre at about 3.30am.
Prosecutor Ben Isaacs told Leicester Crown Court how Asante pulled the knife, described by a witness as a "carving knife or bread knife" out of his waistband.
He said: "There is no medical evidence with this case but the stab to the abdomen caused air and fluid to collect.
"The stab to the chest damaged the lung which partly collapsed."
Mr Isaacs said the stabbing happened on August 29 after the victim and a group of men were involved in an incident.
He said: "The victim was upset and angry. He said he would fight anyone but one on one.
"The defendant was part of that group. He approached the victim and removed a knife from his waistband."
Asante, of Windley Road, Saffron Lane, Leicester, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and to the possession of a bladed article in a public place.
He was sentenced to 64 months in a Young Offenders' Institute.
Mr Isaacs said that Asante had a previous convictions of dishonesty and one for battery in 2013 in which he brandished a knife.
Philip Gibbs, defending, said his client had faced the music.
He said: "He will now have a significant period of time to reflect on the error of his ways.
"He will have to use his time well to try to turn things around for the future."
Judge Philip Head said Asante had committed the offences while drunk and under the influence of drugs.
He told him: "You have a record that suggests a fascination with knives.
"It is your tragedy. Your mother's tragedy is that you have a relatively supportive mother who has done her best in raising you."
