A Syrian asylum seeker who stabbed two people while on the run from police has been jailed for nine years.
Abdul-Rahman Al-Ahmed, 21, chased his first victim through a town centre in broad daylight before stabbing him several times.
Five months later the wanted man stabbed a shop worker in Cardiff in the abdomen leaving him with serious injuries.
He now faces deportation after far surpassing the threshold for being automatically removed from the UK, which is one year in custody.
Judge Paul Hobson said it was 'pure good fortune' that the injuries both men suffered were not worse. He said Al-Ahmed was a danger to the public.
