Manchester City are interested in signing Leeds star Kalvin Phillips this summer, with Pep Guardiola keen to replace Fernandinho.
23.05.2022 - 10:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
This horrifying X-ray image shows how a man was left with a five-and-a-half inch blade lodged in his throat following a vicious attack. Thomas Brazell, 28, lunged at the victim with a kitchen knife and stabbed him at the base of his neck, ChronicleLive reports.
The handle of the knife snapped off and the blade remained stuck in his body, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Robin Turton, prosecuting, told the court how the victim had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the blade following the incident in Shildon, County Durham.
He said he has been left unable to use his right arm and it is anticipated that he may have a long term disability. Mr Turton said the landscape gardener, who has also been left with a scar, described being in "unbearable pain".
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He said: "He can no longer open the car door, he can not turn on the ignition. He can not work and, as a result, his family have no money."
The court heard how Brazell and the man had squared up to each other while at a pub in the town on October 31 last year and the victim had been ejected from the premises. Brazell received threatening messages and three males, including the victim, turned up outside the house which he shared with his father on Jubilee Road.
The defendant was attacked in the street by the group of three. Two of them, including the victim, were armed with either wooden sticks or metal poles. The court heard how the male appeared to swing at Brazell four times and the defendant attacked him with a kitchen knife.
The victim was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital, before being transferred to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough where he had the blade
Manchester City are interested in signing Leeds star Kalvin Phillips this summer, with Pep Guardiola keen to replace Fernandinho.
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