Churchgoing knifeman lay in wait for victim before stabbing him in the street in revenge attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA churchgoer lay in wait for his victim before stabbing him in the street in a revenge attack after being chased out of a friend's house.
Ian Lawson, 52, ambushed the man in the street after being chased out of a fellow parishioner's house by the victim during an argument.
His victim, who is in his 20s, had to be airlifted to hospital after being knifed in the chest. Luckily doctors found the injury to be superficial and he was discharged the following day after his wound was stitched.
The attack happened at 5pm on October 19 last year after Lawson had visited the home of a friend in Oldham, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. READ MORE: UK's 12 most wanted - including Manchester man accused of heinous murder Prosecutor Duncan Wilcock said the complainant was already at the house when Lawson arrived asking for tobacco and 'appeared to be intoxicated'. ''Whilst the defendant was inside, he held out a knife to show the complainant but not in a confrontational manner.
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