Galleyhand Donny Martin Crisanto, 31, a Nicaraguan national, stabbed his bosson the 137,000–gt Explorer of the Seas (built 2000) on 4 May after the vessel had leftBayonne.

He received a sentence of one year and aday in prison, according to US attorney Paul Fishman.

Crisanto was in the ship’s kitchen when hestabbed his shipmate in the forehead and shoulder.

The attack came after a previous run-inbetween the two men.