A violent man with more than 60 previous convictions for 133 offences to his name stabbed his housemate in the neck and kicked his head ‘like a football’.
Colin Andrews was wielding an eight-inch knife when he ‘kicked open the door’ to his housemate's room in the shared home in Buckhurst Road, Levenshulme, Manchester Crown Square heard.
He launched a 'severe' attack, which his victim miraculously escaped with minor injuries that only required glue and stitches to treat.
Recorder Jon Close told Andrews it was ‘difficult to understate how dangerous your actions were’, however, as he jailed him yesterday (September 7). READ MORE: Rolexes, a jacuzzi and a walk-in wardrobe - these drug dealers led lives of luxury Prosecutor Niamh McGinty told the court Andrews launched the attack at 6pm on April 4, 2021. “The victim armed himself with a wrench and he was stabbed above the right eye [by Andrews],” she added. “A witness says she genuinely believed Andrews was going to kill him. “Andrews started kicking the victim on the floor.
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