AUBURN  — A Maine man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend and a man who came to her aid.

Leein Hinkley of Sabbatus was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison with five suspended, and six years of probation.

Hinkley also was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to John Clark, the man who attempted to stop Hinkley from stabbing Jennifer Alexander in February 2011. Clark had no health insurance to pay for surgery to repair his knife wound.

The 32-year-old Hinkley pleaded guilty in February to charges including elevated aggravated assault.

Prosecutors say Hinkley stabbed Alexander in their car and Clark when he came out of his Lisbon home to help.

The Sun Journal reports that Hinkley’s lawyer said his client is “ashamed.”