North Andover man gets 6 to 8 years for stabbing teen 13 times Victim saved by heroic bystander
A North Andover man who stabbed a teen 13 times during a fight over a girl has been sent to prison for six to eight years.
Bryan Kangethe, 22, of 31 Lincoln Street, was sentenced Wednesday in Salem, Mass., Superior Court by Judge Timothy Feeley. Kangethe was convicted on July 20 of assault with intent to murder by a jury that deliberated two hours after a two-day trial.
Essex Assistant District Attorney Greg Friedholm proved that on Nov. 17, 2007, Kangethe stabbed John Dorceus 13 times in a brawl after a Saturday night party on Camden Street in North Andover. The fight was sparked, at least in part, by an argument over a girl, prosecutors said.
Dorceus was 17 at the time and living in Methuen. His life may have been saved by a witness who jumped in to help, in Hollywood fashion, as Kangethe was still on the attack.
Scot Foster, of Camden Street, grabbed Kangethe by the wrist and slammed his hand against his own knee to dislodge the knife, a folding model with a 4-inch blade. He then kicked the knife out of reach as his wife called 911.
Dorceus was taken to Lawrence General Hospital and then to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He has since recovered.
Kangethe was represented by attorneys Jessica Pacheco and Michael Ruane.
