Man stabbed outside bar said there was so much blood he thought he was going to die

THUG JAILED FOR UNPROVOKED ATTACK

- By MARK NAYLOR

A BAR customer could easily have died after a drunken and “enraged’ man suddenly reached over and viciously stabbed him with a knife during a frightening and completely unprovoked attack.

James Ward lunged a second time with the knife but missed and was heard saying: “I f***ing hate him.”

There was a large amount of blood but the shocked victim managed to grab Ward's wrist to prevent a further attack, Hull Crown Court heard. Ward, 34, of Chrystals Road, Hornsea, but recently in custody on remand, admitted wounding the man with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing a knife on July 13.

Jazmine Lee, prosecuting, said that the man bought a drink and was sitting outside the Cloud Nine bar in Newbegin, Hornsea, with another man when he saw Ward approaching. They knew each other but were not friends and they fist-bumped each other.

Ward was stumbling and drunk. He asked whether a woman who was there was the man’s sister and he began acting strangely. He left the area but came back and reached into his pocket.