A drug user stabbed a friend that he believed was having an affair with his partner. Jamie Nightingale, 30, who has 29 previous convictions for 83 offences, had known his victim for a short while and they had become friends.
However, on August 4, 2021, he used a metal bar to to repeatedly hit the man's body. Three days after the incident, he showed up at the victim's house and held a knife to his throat before slashing his face.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how the man required 18 stitches and is scarred for life. Nightingale has been sentenced to seven years and two months behind bars, Stoke-on-Trent Live reports.
