A musician was kidnapped, ordered to strip and then stabbed to the face during a terrifying ordeal on Christmas Day. Paul Edwards was one member of an armed gang which arrived at a nightclub 'for the purpose of robbing people', Manchester Crown Court heard.
Revellers had been at the Tinapa nightclub in Openshaw in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2019, where live music had been performed. Three of the musicians were sat outside in an Audi after performing their set.
Edwards, armed with a knife, and three other men who had weapons including a machete then threatened the trio. The driver of the Audi ran off, and after seeing 34-year-old Edwards was armed, the second man fled.
