Two West Wareham brothers convicted of stabbing a neighbor in the chest during a fight last April have been sentenced to prison, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced.

After a three-day trial, a Plymouth County Superior Court jury deliberated for five hours before finding Michael Gill, 20, and Robert R. Gill Jr., 22, guilty of one count each of armed assault to kill and assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

On Jan. 17, Brockton Superior Court Judge C.J. Moriarty sentenced Michael Gill to serve two and a half years in the House of Corrections with three years probation. Robert Gill was sentenced to serve to four to four and half years in state prison with three years probation.

The sentencing came eight months after the incident, which occurred on April 27.

On that day, Wareham Police responded to a 911 call at 12 Penikese St. The caller reported a fight between the Gills and the victim, a man who lives on the same street as the brothers. The bleeding victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital where he was treated for a stab wound to the side chest wall and slashes to his arms and wrists.

Witnesses told police that the brothers approached the victim’s home and that Robert Gill had a knife in hand. The Gills threatened to kill the victim before they chased him around his yard and into the street, where they attacked and stabbed the victim. The Gills then fled the scene in their car, returning a short time later.

While canvassing the area, Wareham Police were directed by residents to a catch basin where the knife used in the assault was discarded by the Gills. The Gill brothers had blood on their clothes and police were able to retrieve the knife used, which also had blood on it.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Brian Fahy and Daniel Jimenez and was investigated by the Wareham Police Department.