WESTLIFE FAN FIGHTS FOR LIFE AFTER BEING STABBED THREE TIMES IN ROW OVER BOYBAND'S CD
04/04/2012 07:35
A man was left fighting for his life after being stabbed in his own home following a row over a Westlife CD.
Craig Holman was repeatedly knifed and punched after an argument broke out over the popular Irish boyband following a night out in Peterborough.
He had met three men at a nightclub and invited them back to his house in the Hampton area of the town where things ‘turned nasty’ over his choice of CD, a court heard.
Guilty: Kevin McGinty (left) and Wayne Sharman
Mr Holman was knifed twice in the leg and once in his stomach as well as being repeatedly punched in the face in the attack, which took place on October 21 last year.
Kevin McGinty, 27, from Peterborough and Wayne Sharman 25, of Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire, were found guilty of repeatedly stabbing Mr Holman.
The pair were convicted of wounding with intent after a two-week trial at Peterborough Crown Court.
A third man, Geoffrey Watson, 36, from Peterborough, was found not guilty of both robbery and wounding with intent and an alternative charge of unlawful wounding.
Giving evidence, Mr Holman told the court that the men had demanded money from him which he refused to hand over.
But when his dog was threatened he gave up and told them where he had stashed £1,000 in cash.
Speaking last week, Mr Holman said: 'I remember being pinned down by somebody and doing what he can to get the money out of me.
'Another guy was standing, not really involved, just shouting, "give it up, give it up".
'It all happened so quickly, I lost so much blood I was delirious.
'I tried to leg it out my house but I got dragged back by the people trying to do it.'
Mr Holman spent more than a week in hospital following his ordeal and still suffers flashbacks.
The jury listened to eight days of evidence including testimony from the victim and all three defendants.
They returned their guilty verdict last Friday and the trio will be sentenced tomorrow.
After the hearing, investigating officer Detective Constable Kevin Pool, from Cambridgeshire Police, welcomed the convictions.
He said: 'This was an extremely serious assault which could have resulted in the death of the victim.
'He is still affected to this day by what happened but I hope these convictions and the sentences to come will allow him to move on knowing that justice has been done.'
Source: dailymail.co.uk
