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Petty row over £1 coin for shopping trolley at B&M ended in vicious knife fight

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A petty row over a £1 coin for a shopping trolley at a B&M store ended in a vicious knife fight. Gary Layhe and another man both pulled knives on each other following the shocking incident in Kirkby, Merseyside.

A brave member of the public disarmed Layhe and unsuccessfully tried to take the blade from the other knifeman, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

The row was sparked by a disagreement over a £1 coin for a shopping trolley, the Liverpool Echo reports. Prosecutor Gerald Baxter said: "Layhe took hold of the other man from behind in a chokehold and that the man received two wounds to the side of his neck and a small wound to the back of his neck.

The defendant, Layhe, received two wounds to the back of his wrist and hand." READ MORE : Man charged with rape and murder after 26-year-old woman is found dead Onlooker James Catterall 'bravely intervened' and separated them, 'taking a craft knife from Layhe and also unsuccessfully tried to disarm the other man'.

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