A 48-year-old man stabbed his former manager after being sacked from the job which he had worked in for 30 years. Ian Noble carried out the violent attack on superior Stuart Syme after losing his position at a wire factory, Bradford Crown Court heard.
The job was a "large part" of Noble's life and that he believed Mr Syme was instrumental in his dismissal for gross misconduct.
He lost the job at Booth Wire Products in January but returned to its premises in Brighouse on February 4. Noble threw a brick through a window which hit Mr Syme on the arm.
A few hours later he turned up again and, when Mr Syme opened the door to him, he asked about getting a reference. Prosecutor Ian Brook said the complainant asked Noble about the brick-throwing
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