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12 January 2006
Stabbed To Death In Lotto Cash
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Llandrindod Wells man has been jailed for four years for
stabbing a friend to death and dumping his body outside his
flat two miles away.
Robert Edwards, 40, of
Millview Close, Howey, admitted the manslaughter of Mark
Watson, 37, after a night of drinking turned
sour.
Before the incident the
men and another friend, Adrian Franklin, had been drinking
at the Log Cabin and Rumours before going back to Edwards's
flat, where they smoked cannabis and listened to music,
Cardiff Crown Court was told.
Edwards then accused
Watson and Franklin of stealing money and a lottery ticket
from his wallet.
A murder charge was
reduced to manslaughter, the court was told, because Mr
Watson walked onto the knife during a scuffle at the door to
Mr Edwards's flat. Edwards admitted manslaughter.
The court heard how Mr
Watson had turned aggressive and threatening when challenged
by Edwards over the missing money. Edwards, fearing for his
safety, went into the kitchen and pulled out an eight-inch
long knife and forced Mr Watson out of his house, on the
night of the incident, said Leighton Davies, prosecuting. He
said Watson began banging on the flat door and shouted "You
come at me with a knife again and I will bloody have you,
beat you up or kill you."
With the knife and his dog
in one hand, Edwards pushed Watson.
Mr Davies said: "Mr Watson
lurched towards Edwards and the knife plunged into his
stomach."
Edwards claimed he did not
know that he had stabbed Mr Watson and he went back into the
house.
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