Locked up, taunting teenage knifeman with obsession over weapons
A TEENAGER with an ‘obsession’ over weapons posted a video of a terrifying combat knife on Snapchat after almost killing a 16-year-old boy.
In the chilling clip, featuring a serrated blade which appeared to have blood on it, Kyle McGuinness wrote ‘enjoy the hospital.’
Shortly before posting the video, McGuinness, 17, had stabbed a 16-yearold boy in Ashton town centre, leaving him fighting for his life.
McGuinness, who has now been locked up, took to Snapchat and wrote: “Two of you tried dukking (stabbing) me down. Shame, enjoy the hospital lad,’ followed by two laughing emojis.
About five months later, after he’d been given bail following the appalling attack, McGuinness went on to stab another young man in Trafford. Now a judge has declared him ‘dangerous.’
McGuinness can be named for the first time after the M.E.N. successfully applied to have reporting restrictions – imposed due to his age – lifted.
Manchester Crown Court heard that McGuinness had got off a bus in Ashton, at about 10pm on August 18, after spending the evening with his girlfriend.
He was ‘accosted’ by two 16-year-old boys on Penny Meadow. They started having a bizarre row over ‘territory’ after they confronted McGuinness.
“What the f***, are you good bro?”, the 16-year-old victim said. The row then referenced ‘Bridge,’ slang for Stalybridge. “Where’s Bridge? I don’t even know where Bridge is bro,” the defendant said.
“Where’s your boy? Tell me where the f*** he is,” the 16-year-old said. McGuinness, who was said to be ‘terrified,’ ran away and the two 16-year-olds began to chase him along Penny Meadow.
McGuinness suddenly stopped and stabbed one of them to the chest, after pulling a knife from his waistband.
The teenager was able to make his way to a nearby takeaway and slumped in a chair, losing a lot of blood, prosecutor Julian King said. He was admitted to intensive care and spent 10 days in hospital.
A judge said he would have died without the specialist skills of medics at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. After the stabbing, McGuinness returned to a care home nearby, where he was living, and admitted he’d stabbed someone but claimed he acted in ‘self defence,’ fearing he was going to be attacked.
He looked ‘scared’ and was breathing heavily, the court heard. McGuinness was given bail under an ‘intensive’ package of supervision. But he went on to stab another victim in broad daylight at about 10am on January 15.
Two young men, aged 16 and 21, were chatting outside shops on Upper Chorlton Road in Old Trafford. At first they seemed to be on friendly terms, and CCTV footage showed them hugging. But later the mood turned sour. After McGuinness arrived, the 21-year-old ‘lunged’ at him while armed with a hammer.
McGuinness then stabbed him to the chest, and the 16-year-old began repeatedly punching him, kicking and stamping on him. The attackers fled, and the victim struggled to stand up. He was rushed to the major trauma ward at the MRI, after suffering a punctured lung. The 16-year-old was sentenced at the youth court for the ‘savage’ attack.
McGuinness’s barrister Gwen Henshaw said the ‘glamorisation’ of knife crime was a ‘tragic backdrop’ to the case. She said he has a low IQ and has suffered from undiagnosed ADHD. He suffered violence as a child and was placed in care, she added.
Judge Anthony Cross QC said McGuinness had displayed an ‘obsession’ with knives. The teenage thug, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to section 20 assault, section 18 assault, and two counts of possessing a bladed article. He received a nine-year extended sentence, comprising five years in prison and a four-year extended licence period.