Man who attacked friend with knife is jailed for five years
ATTACK victim Jonathan Robbins was left needing 23 stitches in his face after being slashed with a Stanley knife by his friend in a row over a woman.
Daniel Hulme, aged 24, was yesterday jailed for five years after a court heard how he left his pal disfigured for life.
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Daniel Hulme
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court was told Hulme pulled out the knife in a confrontation over Mr Robbins's friendship with the defendant's ex-girlfriend.
Hulme, pictured right, of Orme Road, Newcastle, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm on March 17.
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Paul Spratt, prosecuting said: "The victim and defendant have known each other for about six years and have been friends.
"The incident happened at around 7.30pm in Bradwell.
"Hulme got out of a car and there was a physical confrontation between them. A witness saw Hulme approach Mr Robbins and push him.
"Mr Robbins retaliated with a punch and the defendant hit back with a knife which caused a grievous injury to the victim's right cheek.
"The defendant asserts he found the knife in the car. On the face of it, this offence looks as though it is without motive but there seemed to be a complaint about Mr Robbins having some sort of acquaintance with an ex-girlfriend of Hulme's."
Hulme has 28 previous convictions for incidents of common assault, public disorder and battery.
This latest offence was committed while Hulme was on bail.
The court was told that since the attack, the victim has suffered confidence issues in his social life and has felt vulnerable in his own home.
Richard Oldroyd, mitigating, said: "Clearly this was a complete overreaction.
"The use of a weapon was totally out of character.
"It is a complete departure from his previous misbehaviour.
"It was a single blow and he pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and this is indicative of remorse.
"In the future he wants to lead a more industrious and decent life. "
Sentencing Hulme, Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said: "You must have known the inevitable consequences would be a substantial custodial sentence.
"This was an ugly and totally mindless incident that happened when you were clearly the worse for drink and drugs.
"You had at times been friends with the victim but became motivated by some grievance about Mr Robbins kissing a former girlfriend of yours."
Comments
by mower79
Tuesday, May 22 2012, 3:41PM
“yeah and i bet the two faced swines have ticked ale off him before until payday,name these regulars then please so i can have a word in big mandys ear,she will give them a smack up the earoll and send them packing.fair comment though very clicky boozer and if you not regular we do like to keep an eye on you..you can all say what you want,burton stores offers quality ales at the right price”
by deadlyscfc
Monday, May 21 2012, 8:42PM
“Martin has never been a problem,and no one had a bad word for him.”
by deadlyscfc
Monday, May 21 2012, 8:34PM
“Did not go in with attitude i went in before a Stoke game with 7 of your regulars before 2 of them went off to the funeral from The Pig Pen to Bentilee.The 7 regulars all said the same.Funnily enough after i mentioned it on here we did not hear from him again.Til now.Like i said before my niece and her friends went in,on a night out and were sworn at and abused just before xmas and the bar staff joined in and called them *******s.A warm welcome for all.So who is the one with attitude?Like i said i know a lot of the drinkers from the past,and they do not have a good word for Gary.And reckon his posts on here gave the pub a worse reputation than it actually has.”
by mower79
Monday, May 21 2012, 7:09PM
“@british hope,whatever you are on can i please have some?...and last but not least deadlyscfc if you did come in my regular with that attitude you wouldnt last 2 minutes.like i said before we are a close bunch of drinkers and dont take kindly to people like you running us down in public.you are right,gary does run the bar and still does if they have told you otherwise they might think you poking your nose where it not wanted.gary looks after all us regulars when our giros are coming soon and we always pay up on pay day apart from a lad called jiggers once but big mandy saw to him and i can tell you now he hasnt been back since. martin owns burton stores aswell,gary is a top bloke when he worked at the albion me,ingo,chainsaw eddie,ibbsy,baggo and basky used to drink there a lot also”
by Razza20vt
Monday, May 21 2012, 6:54PM
“Hulme has 28 previous convictions for incidents of common assault, public disorder and battery but his solicitor says this is totally out of character??? come on please.”
by TimCastle
Monday, May 21 2012, 5:07PM
“So violence is out of character for this piece of pondlife then, according to his solicitor.......
Never ceases to amaze me the "mitigation" that they come up with........”
by BritishHope
Monday, May 21 2012, 4:38PM
“burton stores is the most anti-english pub in the UK. Look at the drinkers, NONE of them can show any pride. Scummers. Pub of no morality and full of people who dunna know what that word means.”
by BritishHope
Monday, May 21 2012, 4:14PM
“"Mr Robbins retaliated with a punch and the defendant hit back with a knife" - Why does everyone try and be Turkish, and not have it out man to man then leave it over and done with?
"Hulme has 28 previous convictions for incidents of common assault, public disorder and battery."
- 28, so hows he a free man to commit anymore crimes?
""The use of a weapon was totally out of character." - Out of character with 28 convictions for violence? Normal.
"This was an ugly and totally mindless incident that happened when you were clearly the worse for drink and drugs" / ""It was a single blow and he pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and this is indicative of remorse. " _-----------------THIS IS WHAT EVERY SOCISITOR IN STOKE ON TRENT TELLS EVERYONE IN CUSTODY TO SAY!----------------------------
Now - anyone reading that would not want him on the streets indefinatly. so, what do the judges think when they actually meet the scum!?! 'Awww hes a poor misunderstood disadvantaged person with issues... aaaarrrrrwwwwhhh.... ! Well, you upper-class mugs, we;ve all had the same opportunities, know between right and wrong and were the ones worse off!
Sort this counties justice system out. I hope one of these scum-bags kill, whoever it is in law-making/ sentencing commity whatever, a loved one of theirs! Then see justice served!”
by deadlyscfc
Monday, May 21 2012, 12:29AM
“like the comment by the defence solicitor who said on the face of it,quite witty considering he was slashed on the cheek.”
by deadlyscfc
Monday, May 21 2012, 12:28AM
“How come 9 of the regulars in the Pig Pen everyday and who when i see them on a match day,they all say Pig Pen Gary left last year and he was not the landlord but worked behind the bar,he worked at another bar in Hanley where he was asked to leave and apparently went back up north.”