nine inch knife has been jailed. Stephen Cooke launched the violent attack on Liam Ford as he lay in bed after a cocaine-fuelled afternoon bender.
The 21-year-old victim was woken up by Cooke biting him before he was dragged into a kitchen. Cooke, 26, then used a massive knife to partially amputate his right ear before his victim managed to jump out a bedroom window, the Liverpool Echo reports.
The knifeman went on to confront a dog walker who was passing nearby on a mobility scooter as armed police swooped on the blood-spattered home in Leasowe, Wirral.Liverpool Crown Court heard Mr Ford had "a range of vulnerabilities" and described Cooke, of Liscard, Wirral, as a friend.
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