A homeless man was slashed with a knife outside a Tesco store by another rough sleeper after an argument erupted about a stolen "pitch".
Thomas Barton repeatedly stabbed his victim Robert Jones in front of shocked shoppers, having apparently moved in on his usual spot in the car park outside. He has been left with permanent injuries as a result of the vicious and "potentially deadly" attack.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Monday, that Mr Jones had been living homeless on the streets of Crosby "for a few years" at the time of the incident on November 20 2021. He had a "pitch where he normally spent his days" in the car park of the Tesco Express store on Coronation Road, but at around 8pm on the evening in question found the defendant sat in this spot drinking.
