Resident answered door only to be attacked by a stranger

DRUNKEN THUG ASSAULTED HIM WITH HAMMER AND KNIFE

- By MARK NAYLOR

A DRUNKEN thug viciously attacked a man with a knife and a hammer, causing nasty wounds to his skull and hands, after going to the victim’s home and banging on the door demanding to be let in.

The victim answered the door, not suspecting any problem, and there was a frightening struggle before he managed in panic and desperation to get the door closed.

His attacker seemingly had no genuine motivation for the frenzied attack and it was “baffling” that it was somebody else’s dispute that he got himself embroiled in, Hull Crown Court heard.

Daniel Brown, 32, of Kinloss Garth, Bransholme, Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted an offence of aggravated burglary on February 19.

Recorder Collingwood Thompson KC told the court Brown armed himself with a knife and hammer and went to a man’s home in Coltman Street, west Hull. Brown did not know the occupier but someone else had been involved in a dispute with him.