Accused Cohasset wife killer Brian Walshe was stabbed shortly before lights out at the Norfolk County Jail.

The attack on the convicted international art fraudster and indicted murder defendant happened at around 9:55 p.m. Thursday, according to the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office, which manages the jail. That office does not name Walshe, but the defendant’s attorney, Larry Tipton, has disclosed to multiple outlets that it is Walshe who was stabbed.

Walshe’s injuries were not life-threatening, and he was treated overnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and returned to jail.

The Sheriff’s Office said that its officers “acted immediately to intervene and render first aid” and that no personnel were injured in the assault. Officers subdued the suspected stabber — who aut

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