A cat was stabbed during a break-in which led to the death of burglar, jurors in a murder trial were told.
Liverpool Crown Court also heard Jordan Brophy, who was himself stabbed multiple times by Karl Townsend after breaking into his Halewood home with two other men, had multiple previous convictions for carrying knives and threatening to stab people with them. Townsend and his half brother Jamie Cunningham are currently on trial for Mr Brophy’s murder and for possession of a bladed article.
Both deny the charges, with Townsend maintaining he was defending himself and feared for his life. He had discovered Mr Brophy and the other men burgling his home Beechwood Avenue after being alerted by a Ring doorbell alert.
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