Overview
- Adam Ahmed, 30, was sentenced Monday at Newcastle Crown Court to 27 years in prison plus five years on licence, which means supervised release after prison.
- A jury had earlier found him guilty of attempting to murder one housemate and of wounding another with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
- The June 21, 2025 attack at a shared house on Roker Avenue in Sunderland left one man stabbed in the neck and another in the stomach.
- The second victim needed part of his bowel removed, and both men described lasting psychological harm in statements to the court.
- Northumbria Police said officers arrested Ahmed at the scene and stressed that the violence was confined to people who knew each other.