A Newark man who stabbed his flatmate in the neck with a broken glass, missing the jugular vein and carotid artery by millimetres, has been given an extended sentence of 10 years at Nottingham Crown Court.
Ramis Cetin, 62, of North Gate, was sentenced on Tuesday 13 October after pleading guilty to wounding with intent. Judge Stuart Rafferty found him to be a dangerous offender and imposed seven years in custody followed by a further three years on extended licence. Cetin was not in court to hear the sentence passed.
The attack took place on the afternoon of 3 May 2025 at the North Gate home the two men shared. According to Nottinghamshire Police, they had argued inside the property before Cetin smashed a glass and used it as a weapon. The victim, a man in his 40s whom the force described as Cetin’s friend, left the house with puncture wounds to his neck and walked to the park at North Church Walk, a short distance away.
He was found sitting on a bench there, where three members of the public had stopped to help him. Police and paramedics were called at 5.50pm. The injured man told officers his friend had stabbed him after an argument.
When officers went to the North Gate address shortly afterwards, Cetin answered the door in blood-stained clothing with blood on his hands. He was arrested within an hour of the attack being reported.
At sentencing, Judge Rafferty set out how close the injury came to killing the victim. “It is a miracle the victim is alive because the glass entered his neck, penetrated deeply and severed a muscle,” he said. “By millimeters it missed severing the jugular vein or a carotid artery, either of which would have led to his immediate death.”
Cetin’s guilty plea came late. He maintained his innocence until the day he was due to stand trial, when he admitted the offence. The judge’s remarks suggested that his acceptance of guilt went no further than the plea itself. “If you had any decency at all, you would be ashamed of what you did and would not have continued to deny responsibility,” he told the absent defendant. The reasons for Cetin’s absence from the hearing were not given in the police account of the case.
Detective Constable Abbie Roberts, who investigated the attack, said the victim lost a great deal of blood and was fortunate his injuries were not worse. He was treated in hospital and has since recovered well, she said, crediting the medical staff who cared for him. The physical and emotional consequences remain. “The injuries inflicted by someone he considers a friend continue to impact on him, and he will be scarred for life,” DC Roberts said.
She also praised the response of the officers who attended, noting how quickly Cetin had been detained.
The dangerousness finding has a practical effect on how long Cetin will spend in prison. Wounding with intent, under section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, and courts may impose an extended sentence where they judge that an offender poses a significant risk of causing serious harm to the public in future.
Under an extended sentence, an offender does not receive the automatic release at the halfway point that applies to many standard prison terms. Release before the end of the custodial period is a matter for the Parole Board, which may consider the case from the two-thirds point. Once released, Cetin will remain under supervision on licence for an additional three years, and can be recalled to prison if he breaches its conditions.
The case comes a year and a half after a separate fatal stabbing in Newark town centre. In April 2025, James Cook, 40, was killed in Castle Gate after a fight in a pub; Brandon Byrne, then 22, was convicted of his murder at Nottingham Crown Court in April this year.
Cetin’s victim, who has not been named, now lives with a permanent scar from the attack. Cetin will be eligible for consideration by the Parole Board no earlier than the latter part of his seven-year custodial term, with time already spent on remand counting towards it.
