'I just tried to stab him' - Army veteran launched terrifying knife attack on shopkeeper after being refused credit
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn army veteran launched a terrifying knife attack on a shopkeeper after he refused to serve him credit. Carl Hayward, 34, walked up to the First Convenience Store in Burnage, hiding a kitchen knife up his sleeve.
After asking the man for credit he was refused and became aggressive. Hayward, of Gorton, then called the man a ‘p****’ before asking him to ‘come outside’. “It was his [shopkeeper’s] understanding that this was for a fight,” David Lees, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court. “The defendant left the shop and then came back to the doorway where he produced a kitchen knife from his sleeve before lunging towards him.” READ MORE: BREAKING: Two friends guilty of murdering Uber driver in 'ferocious, brutal' attack In footage played to the court, Hayward can be seen launching himself at the man, who quickly closed the door.
He is then seen kicking the door and banging the knife against it causing it to crack the glass. As other people gathered outside he said: “I have just tried to stab him”, before leaving the area.
In a victim impact statement, the shopkeeper said it was the ‘worst day of his life’. He said it was stressful, it made him feel scared and unsafe.
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