Man jailed for stabbing two people after being refused entry to Harpenden pub smoking area
It happened at the Hoo House pub on the High Street in Harpenden at around 1am on Sunday 10 November 2024
A man who stabbed two strangers in Harpenden has been jailed for three and a half years.
Officers were called to the Hoo House pub on the High Street in Harpenden at around 1am on Sunday 10 November 2024, to a report of a stabbing.
Detectives found that Matthew Narroway stabbed a staff member and a member of the public with a kitchen knife after being refused entry to the smoking area.
Narroway was found in Kirkwick Avenue, and he was arrested at the scene, before subsequently being charged and remanded into custody for the offences.
The 21-year-old of Sherwoods Rise in Harpenden pleaded guilty to three offences:
• One count of Section 18 GBH with intent – sentenced to 42 months
• One count of Section 20 GBH – sentenced to 16 months to run concurrently
• One count of possession of an offensive weapon – sentenced to 6 months concurrently
Detective Sergeant Paul Wadsworth from the St Albans Local Crime Unit said: “I am pleased that Matthew Narroway will now spend the next three and a half years behind bars.
“I hope that this court result has given reassurance to the local community that we have a zero tolerance in Hertfordshire for knife crime and we will do whatever it takes to bring offenders to justice.
“My thoughts are with the victims who had to go through this frightening ordeal, who were simply doing their job or enjoying time out with friends, and I want to thank the efficient response from the intervention and specialist officers who apprehended Narroway in the arrest phase.”