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'I just tried to stab him' - Army veteran launched terrifying knife attack on shopkeeper after being refused credit
30.05.2022 - 13:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An army veteran launched a terrifying knife attack on a shopkeeper after he refused to serve him credit. Carl Hayward, 34, walked up to the First Convenience Store in Burnage, hiding a kitchen knife up his sleeve.
After asking the man for credit he was refused and became aggressive. Hayward, of Gorton, then called the man a ‘p****’ before asking him to ‘come outside’.
“It was his [shopkeeper’s] understanding that this was for a fight,” David Lees, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court. “The defendant left the shop and then came back to the doorway where he produced a kitchen knife from his sleeve before lunging towards him.”
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In footage played to the court, Hayward can be seen launching himself at the man, who quickly closed the door. He is then seen kicking the door and banging the knife against it causing it to crack the glass.
As other people gathered outside he said: “I have just tried to stab him”, before leaving the area.
In a victim impact statement, the shopkeeper said it was the ‘worst day of his life’. He said it was stressful, it made him feel scared and unsafe.
He said he was anxious and concerned that Hayward would come back and ‘stab him in the street. He has since left his job and moved out of Manchester.
Hayward was released on police bail, but months later in February this year, he was caught driving dangerously. Officers were on duty in south Manchester when they spotted a Renault Clio carrying a number of men and being driven by Hayward.
Noticing the police car he turned around in the opposite direction in an attempt to avoid detection. During the pursuit he went through a red light and drove onto the
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