An alleged killer told police he grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed a dad-of-two after he was threatened and told he would “get poked up”.
Adam Fletcher said he feared for his life in the moments before he fatally wounded Paul Stenson outside a house in West Derby last year. Fletcher allegedly murdered Mr Stenson on Princess Drive on December 18 - only hours after the two met at a party there.
After an argument between the two turned into a scuffle and they were apparently asked to go outside, Fletcher is said to have grabbed a kitchen knife from inside the home before hiding it behind his back, pulling Mr Stenson towards him and plunging it into his side. Prosecutors say that knife wound inflicted “catastrophic” damage, going straight through Mr Stenson’s heart and causing him to bleed to death quickly.
