Man repeatedly stabbed as he slept in bed in row over missing cannabis joint

Lenny Norris, from Bilton, eastbound Hull, launched a convulsive onslaught wherever helium punched and stabbed a antheral with a weapon aft believing that helium had stolen a cannabis associated from him

A heroin addict viciously stabbed a antheral with a knife aft suspecting that helium had stolen a cannabis associated from him portion helium was asleep.

Lenny Norris took his revenge successful his caput for the cannabis going missing by abruptly confronting the sleeping antheral successful his bed, punching him and past repeatedly stabbing him, Hull Crown Court heard.

The 36-year-old from Bilton, eastbound Hull, who was precocious successful custody connected remand, admitted offences of wounding with intent connected June 27 and battle connected June 26. When helium awoke, helium said the associated had gone and helium accused the occupier of the level of stealing it. He punched the antheral successful the look adjacent his eye.

The adjacent day, the antheral was dormant successful furniture erstwhile Norris went into the bedroom. He was "demanding to cognize wherever his weed was" and told the antheral that helium had amended find it. He punched the antheral successful the look and the tummy respective times.

The unfortunate felt symptom successful his close limb and chest. "Blood was moving down his leg," said Miss Smart. "He was alert that helium had been stabbed. He felt a chopped to the backmost of his neck." Norris threw a room knife, 4 oregon 5 inches long, astatine him earlier walking away, reported HullLive.

The antheral went to Hull Royal Infirmary wherever a tiny 5mm puncture coiled to his thorax was recovered arsenic good arsenic wounds connected his hep and wrist. During constabulary interview, Norris made nary remark to each questions. He had convictions for 68 erstwhile offences betwixt 2003 and 2021, chiefly theft-related, but including robbery successful 2014, 3 offences of battle causing existent bodily harm and 2 of assault.

Stephen Robinson, mitigating, said that Norris mislaid his temper implicit cannabis going missing. He regretted the incidental and was atrocious that helium did not get a accidental to explicit that. Norris rapidly spoke up and told the court: "At the extremity of the day, helium should not person robbed me. I americium atrocious for doing it."

Mr Robinson said that helium could not, successful presumption of this, assertion that determination was immoderate remorse from Norris. He had suffered a cause occupation for galore years and helium had been prescribed methadone but helium relapsed into heroin misuse.

"He has taken steps to code his cause misuse," said Mr Robinson. "Sadly, helium is 1 of the much experienced users of drugs successful custody. He hopes yet to code his cause misuse erstwhile and for all. This is by acold the astir superior offence that the suspect has committed."

Norris was jailed for four-and-a-half years aft being branded a unsafe offender. He volition beryllium connected extended licence of 4 years aft his merchandise from prison. He was fixed a 10-year restraining order.