Ian Harris, a barrister at Exchange Chambers in Liverpool, was briefed by the crown prosecution service to prosecute the trial of the former deputy leader of Sefton Council, Edward McEvilly. He stabbed is 'love rival' 17 times with a sheath knife. The victim's injuries included his femoral artery being severed and his intestines were protruding through his stomach wound
The jury at Liverpool Crown Court convicted Mr. McEvilly of attempt murder and on the 9th July 2007 Judge Brown jailed him for for 14 years . McEvilly had denied attempted murder.