When We Said It Was OK To Protect Yourself In Self-Defense We Didn’t Mean For You To Stab Your Attacker Within An Inch Of His Life

This will teach you for stabbing muggers:

A thief was nearly killed in Central Park yesterday when his victim handed out street justice by stabbing him in the chest, police said.

Thomas Norflett, 44, of Central Park West, plunged a knife into the upper body of Melvin Grady, 32, after Grady tried to rob him on a park path near 110th Street at 4:20 p.m., cops said.

Grady walked up to Norflett and tried to snatch a chain from around his neck, they said. The two began to fight and Norflett stabbed Grady during the tussle, cops said.

Grady was arrested and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he is stable condition, and will be processed once released.

Norflett was also arrested, and charges are pending against both men.