Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here A man stabbed an old pal during a bust-up at a wake - before cops found a revolver and cocaine in his bag when they searched his girlfriend's house.
Covi Henry, 37, knifed his friend during the attack on May 29, 2020, and left him bleeding heavily from a serious neck found.
An artery was severed, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. READ MORE: 'I have never felt this unsafe': Quiet, sleepy suburb rocked by 'gangs in bla ck' He had to undergo surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Now Henry, from Oldham, has been jailed for 12 years. Earlier, Alison Heyworth, prosecuting, told the court: "The victim... discharged himself the following day. "He told the police he was at a wake,
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