Horrendous moment heroin addict stabs teen with scissors in neck during street clash
THIS harrowing footages captures the moment a heroin addict stabbed a teenager in the neck with a pair of scissors after the pair clashed in the street.
Horrific moment heroin addict stabs teenager in neck
Joseph Giblin has been left unable to use his right hand following the unprovoked city centre attack by Gary Gilbertson.
The 17-year-old had been with a group of around 25 people singing and dancing near a busker when an argument broke out between Gilbertson and a young woman.
When she told him to leave, he began rowing with another teenager, who spotted that he had scissors on him.
The horrifying clip of the incident shows Mr Giblin intervening in the row and then getting stabbed in the neck by the 41-year-old.
Joseph Giblin has been left unable to use his right hand after the attack
Gilbertson, 41, of Suffield Road, Kirkdale, was today jailed for 10 years and eight months at Liverpool Crown Court and given an extended five years on licence.
Judge Brian Cummings said Mr Giblin put his hand up to Gilbertson’s face in self-defence, but was stabbed in the neck.
Judge Cummings told Gilbertson: “You were behaving in an extremely aggressive manner.
“You had in your hand but plainly concealed by your sleeve a pair of scissors with the blade foremost.”
Paul Blasbery, prosecuting, said: “He described it as being that close he felt the wind caused by his arm on his face as he swung the scissors in front of him.”
After the stabbing, another member of the group wrestled Gilbertson to the ground.
41-year-old Gilbertson has 38 previous convictions for 89 offences
He eventually got up and fled but Mr Giblin's friend Lee Parry chased Gilbertson and pushed him over, detaining him until police arrived.
Gilbertson, who has 38 previous convictions for 89 offences including assaults and possessing blades, admitted wounding with intent, attempted wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.
Mr Giblin had a two-millimetre puncture to the left side of his neck and spent four weeks in hospital.
Before discovering the spinal injury, doctors feared he had suffered a stroke
He can no longer write or hold a phone with his right hand and faces an 18-month wait to see if he will recover.
Mr Giblin told the court: “I can’t begin to explain the devastating effect this has had on my life.”