article: It happened in Oswestry, Shropshire, in January last year. Arsene Cubaka, 24, Nathan McCarthy, 23, and Telmo Bernardo, 19, admitted GBH. Luke Cross, 23, was convicted of threats to kill and threats to cause criminal damage after a trial. They were sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on 9 January. See more stories from across Shropshire here The court heard that at around 20:00 GMT on 23 January 2016, police were called to reports that a man in his 40s had been stabbed at an address in Castlefields, Oswestry. In the following days and weeks, the four men were arrested and remanded in custody. Police said inquiries, including analysis of mobile phones, established that they had been in contact with each other and had worked together to carry out the attack. Those convicted are: Det Insp Mark Bellamy from West Mercia Police described it as a "pre-planned and orchestrated attack". "The victim required life-saving surgery and was extremely fortunate that the stabbing did not fatally wound him," he said. "I hope that the sentences given to these four men enable him to begin the process of moving on with his life following this ordeal."
summary: Four men have been jailed following a "pre-planned and orchestrated attack" in which a man was stabbed and left needing life-saving surgery.