A MAN has been jailed for five years after stabbing a man in Clacton last November.

Paul Howell, of The Close, Jaywick, admitted wounding with intent following the incident in Marine Parade East on November 27.

Howell, 30, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday.

The victim, a man in his 30s, was stabbed twice to the torse during an altercation at around 10.30pm but has made a full recovery.