A murderer was repeatedly stabbed with his own knife by the friends and family of the man he'd killed 90 minutes earlier. Tyrone Williamson was murdered by Anthony George in Bolton after the pair rowed in the street.
George, 42, had been in Mr Williamson's home but was thrown out after being accused of stealing his phone. Fuelled by vodka and cannabis, George said 'watch what’s going to happen to them' before knifing 25-year-old Mr Williamson three times with severe force.
Some of Mr Williamson's family and friends began searching the area for the killer after learning of his death, Manchester Crown Court heard. Adam Disa-Green, a friend of both George and Mr Williamson, saw George in the aftermath of the killing.
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He remonstrated with George and when he later saw Mr Williamson's half brother Brendan Carney, and another of his friends, Jason Wilding, he told them where he'd met George. Shortly after the group found George and brutally attacked him. He was stabbed five times and suffered life threatening injuries which required surgery.
The knife used to inflict the injuries was the same weapon he'd used to murder Mr Williamson, the court heard. After being arrested, a 'very angry' Wilding told police: "I hope the motherf*****'s dead."
"These individuals were looking for Mr George with revenge on their mind," prosecutor Jaime Hamilton KC said. Mr Williamson died in the hours following the fatal attack, at about 6.30pm, on Saturday, December 11, 2021.
In December last year, George was found guilty of murder and ordered to serve at least 21 years in prison. Carney was found guilty of wounding him with intent after a separate trial. Disa-Green and Wilding pleaded guilty to the same offence.
Now all three men have been sentenced for their part in the revenge attack. George was stabbed by Carney, 27, and Disa-Green, 22, while Wilding, 29, punched, kicked and stamped on him. Wilding, who has 36 previous convictions, was declared dangerous and handed an extended sentence for public protection, comprising of a jail term of seven years and two months, and an extra four years on licence.
Disa-Green was sentenced to five years and 10 months, while Carney received eight years and eight months. All three will serve two-thirds of their sentence in jail. Wilding will have to satisfy the Parole Board he is safe to be released.
Defending Wilding, Adam Watkins said the men were 'traumatised, upset and angry'. He said Wilding, of Gilnow Gardens, Bolton, was only wearing flip-flops at the time, which he said displayed the 'spontaneity' of the attack.
David Toal, for Disa-Green, of Singleton Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, said his client was the youngest man involved and he showed a 'lack of maturity'. Carney's barrister Hugh McKee said the defendant, of Cloister Street, Bolton, had previously stayed out of trouble since 2015.
Sentencing, Judge Timothy Smith said: "Feelings were clearly running very high. There was shock, distress, upset and anger about what had taken place. The reason to look for and find Mr George was not simply to detain him and hand him into the police, but also to do him some harm as revenge or retribution."
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