He's been jailed
A painter and decorator slashed a colleague with a Stanley knife in the face, leaving him scarred and disabled for life, a court heard. Father-of-three Steven Brett, who has his own business, had the knife on him due to his work - but was involved in a scuffle with victim, Dominic Walker, before he lashed out.
The judge said: "There was a scuffle in which you caused injury already, him, seemingly none, bearing in mind you then went back and you chose to do what your did. And, bearing in mind, within seconds you would have seen what you had done because his face would have opened like a melon."You walked away and did not help him and did not apologise for what you had done. You now say 'sorry' - but you did nothing to help him.
He stressed that if Brett, of Ramsdale Avenue, Calverton, had suffered the same injury he had caused, he would be the first person to say 'the man who did it needs to be locked up'. "Not just for him, but so other people can see using weapons in any circumstances, whether the weapon was taken to the scene, an offensive weapon per se, or a weapon like this legitimately held, cannot be tolerated," added the judge on Tuesday .
"He panicked and lashed out in circumstances where Mr Walker was on top of him. He is sorry for what happened."His actions were out of character and it was an isolated incident.
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