The best friend of a dad-of-two who was stabbed to death in West Derby shouted “he’s got two children” as he watched a knife being plunged into his heart.
Liam Fletcher saw the moment Paul Stenson was fatally stabbed outside a home on Princess Drive on December 18 last year. Adam Fletcher, of no relation to Liam Fletcher, allegedly murdered Mr Stenson only hours after the two met at a party there.
After an argument between them turned into a scuffle and they were asked to go outside, Adam 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 lone knife wound inflicted “catastrophic” damage, going straight through 30-year-old Mr Stenson’s heart and causing him to bleed to death within an hour.
