Teenager jailed for unprovoked knife attack outside a dessert shop

Shai Dilbert has been jailed for five years. Credit: West Midlands Police

An 18-year-old man has been jailed following an unprovoked knife attack on a teenager outside a dessert shop in Coventry.

Shai Dilbert, of Victoria Street, Hillfields, was arrested following the incident in July 2017.

He was found guilty by a jury at Warwick Crown Court on 19th January of slashing a 17-year-old in the face outside Creams Dessert Lounge in Hillfields.

Shai Dilbert has been jailed for five years for wounding, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and possession of a class B drug.