Manchester United are finding form at the right time under Erik ten Hag following a difficult Christmas period. The Reds are now back in the hunt for Champions League football with three months of action remaining.
24.01.2024 - 10:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It was a Monday evening when Patrick Kubacak was making his usual journey home from work.
The part-time model, part-time semi-pro footballer was also working as a sales assistant, trying to get as much money together as possible for the arrival of his baby boy.
He left work at 5pm, and walked around nine minutes of the way when he called his fiancé, Jade, then 20-weeks pregnant.
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Planning for their evening together, he said he was picking up some sweets for them to have whilst watching a movie together.
Patrick walked towards an alleyway, between Kingsway Park and Skye Road in Urmston. His usual route home.
He saw an elderly woman briefly stop with her dog nearby, before he entered the ginnel.
It was there his life changed forever.
Another figure was walking towards him, clad in a high vis jacket, black hoodie and carrying a Nike rucksack.
Without saying a word he grabbed Patrick in a chokehold and stabbed him repeatedly with a large kitchen knife.
He only stopped when Patrick closed his eyes and pretended he was dead.
Now, Michael Canning has been jailed for life for the attempted murder of a stranger.
The 23-year-old was found guilty following a trial at Manchester Crown Court. He denied having anything to do with the attack. To the police he was ‘indignant’ at being suspected, and even said: “if this is the type of area where these things are going on…that could have been me or my brother”.
But it was Canning who had carried out the brutal attack, and jurors ultimately saw through his lies.
After he had repeatedly stabbed Patrick Kubacak, he calmly walked away and left him to die in that ginnel. Members of the public who lived nearby bravely went to
Manchester United are finding form at the right time under Erik ten Hag following a difficult Christmas period. The Reds are now back in the hunt for Champions League football with three months of action remaining.
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