A thug who stabbed a man and a woman in a dispute over drugs has been jailed for four years.Kenneth McMahon, 49, will be supervised for two years on his release from prison.A jury found him guilty of stabbing his two victims at a close in Donaldson Street, Hamilton, on December 15, 2019.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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