Thug slashed victim’s throat
THUG JAILED FOR SICKENING KNIFE ATTACK
A violent thug who sliced open a man’s throat and left him lifeless on a living-room sofa in a sickening attack has been jailed.
Daniel Sayers, 35, left his victim fighting for his life following a knife attack at a property on Tel El Kebir Road, Sunderland, in August last year.
A violent thug who sliced open a man’s throat and left him lifeless on a living-room sofa in a sickening attack has been jailed.
Daniel Sayers, 35, left his victim fighting for his life following a knife attack at a property on Tel El Kebir Road, Sunderland, in August last year.
The man needed lifesaving surgery after his trachea and neck muscles were laid bare from the six-inch wound.
The court heard how Sayers and a group of friends were drinking in a house on Tel El Kebir Road into the early hours of August 1 last year before the savage attack happened.
A disagreement broke out between him and a 48-year-old man shortly after 3am as Sayers, angered over a supposed debt owed to him, slashed across the victim’s throat with a curved silver blade.
The court was told that before leaving the house, Sayers threatened witnesses if they attempted to contact police. Sayers, of no fixed abode, was arrested hours later, but refused to co-operate with police when interviewed.
He was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
Last week, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail with an extended license of five years.
Detective Constable Graham Laverick, of Northumbria Police, said: “There can be little doubt that the city is safer with him behind bars.”