A killer's involvement in drug dealing has been pinpointed as the reason three burglars raided his house before one was stabbed to death.
Karl Townsend was jailed yesterday for 19 years after blinding former primary school friend Jordan Brophy in a savage knife attack before severing his jugular vein. The 32-year-old was cleared of murder by a jury, but was found guilty of manslaughter.
Mr Brophy was killed aged 31 on the evening of October 29 2021, his younger sister's birthday, after breaking into Townsend's home on Beechwood Avenue in Halewood. The occupant was alerted to the burglary by a Ring doorbell camera notification to his mobile phone and raced back to the scene armed with a kitchen knife before metering out the violence.
