A man has been jailed after an assault in Horley where another man was stabbed.

21-year-old Kamil Wegner, from Crawley, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm following an attack in the car park between Horley’s Waitrose and Jack Fairman pub.

A fight broke out at about 1.45am on February 23 between Wegner and the victim’s girlfriend, which led to a confrontation between the pair. Wegner stabbed the victim with a pocket knife and fled the scene, leaving the victim needing surgery.
A second man pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice.

Wil O’Sullivan, of Langshott, Horley, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice after admitting to disposing of the knife Wegner had used in the assault. He later showed police where he had dumped it. He was sentenced to 22 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 100 hours of community work and to pay £600 court costs.

Temporary Detective Sergeant Nola Petherbridge said: “This was a really nasty assault which had escalated between an altercation between Wegner and the victim’s girlfriend. It was just fortunate that the victim was not left with more serious injuries.

“This case demonstrates that we will not tolerate any level of violent behaviour in our local communities and will always seek to bring those committing such offences to justice.”

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