Jail term for knife attacker

WHITFORD'S VICTIM COULD HAVE BEEN BLINDED IN ONE EYE

- CARL EVE

A COURT heard how a 24-year-old man, who lunged at his victim's face with a knife, missed blinding him by a millimetre.

Steven Whitford, of Valletort Place, Plymouth, had pleaded guilty to a series of offences which took place in September last year.

The incidents saw Whitford argue with his victims before following them through city streets and then launching an attack with a knife.

Prosecutor Paul Grumbar told Plymouth Crown Court how two men had entered the Nowhere Inn public house in Gilwell Street in the early hours of September 3, 2024.

Whitford later entered and at some stage approached the two men and started an argument with them. They soon left the pub but Whitford followed and began to shout at the men along the street, demanding to know what had happened regarding a woman he named.

One of the men replied, but this appeared to enrage Whitford. The men walked off towards Mount Street while Whitford shouted: "I'll stab you in the neck".