US man who received pig heart has a criminal record, check details

The Maryland resident had once stabbed a man seven times leaving him paralysed. 

New Delhi: The US man who had recently received a successful transplant of a 'porcine' heart is in the news again. David Bennett, 57, who received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart, is said to have a criminal record.

According to The New York Times, the Maryland resident had once stabbed a man seven times and left him paralysed. Bennett was convicted of stabbing Edward Shumaker in 1988 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Leslie, the elder sister of Edward, said that he died in 2007 after nearly twenty years of medical complications linked to the stabbing incident.