A man who repeatedly stabbed his neighbour in a cocaine-fuelled attack has had a month added to his prison sentence after he made a futile appeal against his conviction. 

In 2015 Kirk Daniels hurled a children’s bicycle off a third-storey balcony on the Provost Estate in Hoxton, narrowly missing his neighbour, who he was having an argument with. 

He then took a 12-inch kitchen knife and rushed back down to the courtyard where he repeatedly stabbed the man. 

A passer-by intervened and was able to use the abandoned bicycle as a shield before flagging down a police car. 

The neighbour’s shoulder was dislocated during the incident, and he was left with superficial stab wounds to his legs and stomach. 

Daniels was later found guilty of attempted wounding with intent and causing grievous bodily harm with intent, but was acquitted of attempted murder. 

In November 2016 he was jailed for 18 years. 

Daniel, now 39, has since sought to appeal against his sentence and in July this year his case was heard by appeal judges at the Royal Courts of Justice. 

His grounds of appeal include that there is “new evidence”, although he declined to specify what the evidence is without a visit to him in prison. 

He also argued that his lawyers failed to represent him property and that there were issues in relation to disclosure. 

Sir Robin Spencer, speaking on behalf of three appeal judges who heard Daniels’ application, said his case was totally lacking merit. 

It was therefore decided that a loss of time order would be made, adding 28 days to Daniels’ sentence. 

Sir Spencer said: “Despite being warned of the power of the court to make a loss of time order, the applicant chose to pursue these totally unmeritorious applications which have wasted the time of the court. 

“Such applications hamper the court's ability to process meritorious applications in a timely fashion.”