Man pleads Guilty to stabbing Utica Woman

A man has plead guilty to assault and battery in the first degree for stabbing a woman multiple times on Nov. 17, 2017, in the Utica Community near Seneca. Judge Scott Sprouse accepted the plea in Oconee General Sessions Court and sentenced Diviero Laney Manley to eight years in prison. He admitted stabbing the victim six times. Those stab wounds were to the face, neck, chest, and legs.