A slasher who caused a gaping wound to a stranger's face in a shocking street attack has been branded dangerous and jailed.
Brody Ruddy asked the 18-year-old victim and his friend if they wanted to buy drugs then lashed out with a knife he was carrying after they refused. The teen suffered a deep and gaping injury to the right side of his face that required sutures at hospital and caused underlying damage to his glands.
A judge said the victim was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" and the attack was wholly unprovoked with "no motive or reason" behind it. Prosecutor Jolyon Perks told Newcastle Crown Court the victim has since died but his death was not linked to the attack, which happened on March 13.
