A MAN who was caught on CCTV stabbing his victim four times in the stomach in a Duntocher street has been jailed for nine years.

David Holmes, 25, struck Gary Haggerty repeatedly with a knife after his victim punched him to the ground.

The High Court in Glasgow heard how Holmes also struck another man called Richard Buchanan after he intervened to try and take the weapon off him.

Holmes, an inmate at Greenock prison, was convicted of the attempted murder of Mr Haggerty and also of assaulting Mr Buchanan with a knife after trial in November.

A jury heard how the attacks took place in the village’s Craigielea Road on April 29 this year.

Prosecutor Patricia Comiskey told jurors: “After David Holmes was disarmed of the knife, he left and then returned with a second knife.

“His victim, Mr Haggerty, said he was weak, dazed, and thought he was going to die.”

Jurors were also shown CCTV footage of the murder attempt on Mr Haggerty.

Following conviction, the court heard that Holmes had six previous convictions for violence.

Sentence was deferred for the court to obtain reports.

On Friday, at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lady Scott told Holmes the most appropriate sentence available to her was custody.

She also ordered him to be supervised by the authorities for two years following his release.