Grandad knifed balaclava-clad intruder in his home after 'police did nothing'
09.08.2023 - 07:21
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A grandad whose home was under siege by balaclava wearing intruders knifed one of them in the back after the 'police did nothing' a court has heard.
Stephen Dixon, 58, took in his grandson Kingsley Cairns when he was released from prison and had nowhere to go but in return, Dixon and his wife, were terrorised in their home in a feud between their grandson and another family, Preston Crown Court heard.
In March this year, Cairns was stabbed at the home in Ribbleton, when attackers managed to get into the house, LancsLive reports.
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Following that incident, Cairns returned to prison on licence before then returning to his grandparents' home the following month when the feuds continued.
Ian Metcalfe, defending, told the court that after this, the 'terrorism escalated at a pace', with Dixon's car damaged and a brick thrown through the window. Two days later, a group of men wearing balaclavas turned up at the address.
Dixon and his wife heard sounds coming from the rear of their home, and Dixon picked up a knife from the kitchen to defend himself.
"He was scared and took it out for protection", his barrister said. During the confrontation, behind the house, Dixon stabbed Ellis Hampson.
Lisa Worsley, prosecuting, told the court Mr Hampson left and phoned a friend, who found him bleeding close to Morrison's on Blackpool Road. He called an ambulance and Mr Hampson was taken to hospital, suffering a punctured lung.
Officers visited Dixon, who was at his daughter's house next door. Dixon told them 'the lads' had kicked the back gate in and were making threats. He said he had stabbed someone, telling the officers: "You'd better take me