Friday 10 July 2009

"Gut 'Em" Knifeman Binned


A late-night knifeman, who armed himself with 10" blade to hunt down disrespecting youths with the rallying cry: "C'mon we're gonna gut 'em," was jailed for six months today (Friday).

Father-of-five Adrian Sandy,29, was high on a cocktail of booze and cocaine when he went hunting for the group who branded his girlfriend fat as the couple enjoyed an all-night drinking session.

Plasterer Sandy pleaded guilty to possessing a bladed article in Putney High Street, Putney on June 13.

"You selected a very large and threatening weapon and went out looking for those who insulted your friend," Kingston Crown Court Recorder James Price QC told Sandy.

"You were looking for a confrontation and took with you a knife while intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine," added the QC. "You created a highly dangerous situation and it was highly unnecessary."

The court heard it was 2.30am when a delivery driver spotted an angry and aggressive black man wielding a large knife getting into a silver Vauxhall Cavalier.

He called 999 after hearing a shout from the vehicle of: "C'mon we're gonna gut 'em."

Officers stopped the vehicle and Sandy admitted the large kitchen knife was his, confessing he picked it up at his girlfriend's home minutes earlier after being abused in the street.

"Such situations end up with very young men seriously injured or worse," added Recorder Price.

 


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