Thug tried to kill friend in row over £20
An attack victim was left with the needle from a syringe stuck in the back of his head after his friend tried to murder him during a row over £20.
Stewart Hagan punched, kicked and stamped on Daniel Robinson then attacked him with a pan, a glass coffee table and a hypodermic syringe then dropped his favourite t-shirt into chip pan oil to ruin it.
The 22-year-old told police he tried to kill his friend becausehehad“overstepped the mark” and “disrespected” him by accusing him of stealing £20 and that he got a “buzz” from seeing his pal cry during the violence.
Prosecutor Mark Guiliani told Newcastle Crown Court: “He said when he had been hitting Mr Robinson with the pan he had been trying to kill him. He was told he was lucky he hadn’t killed him, to which he replied he couldn’t care less, Mr Robinson deserved it.”
Hagan told police: “Take if from me, I was trying to kill that mo ******* ker that night,” and said what he had done was “not right in law, but right in principle”.
Hagan, of James Street South, Murton, who has a personality disorder, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and has been jailed for ten years with a four-year extended licence period.
Mr Justice Goss QC said Hagan is a “risk” to the public and told him: “The only regret expressed to the police, probation officer and in a letter to the court is that you did not succeed in killing your victim.”
Prosecutor Mark Guiliani told the court the attack happened at Mr Robinson’s home in Edward Terrace, New Brancepeth, County Durham, on September 18.
He added that when the victim was examined by medics, he had “suffered mostly lacerations and bruising.
Mr Guiliani added: “On examination, he had a metallic foreign body, probably a needle, embedded in the right posterior scalp soft tissue.”
The court heard Hagan had also trashed Mr Robinson’s home during the attack.
The court heard Hagan lived in the US until he was jailed for violence and deported back to the UK.