A MAN ACCUSED OF ALMOST STABBING A RUGBY FAN TO DE
A MAN ACCUSED OF ALMOST STABBING A RUGBY FAN TO DEATH WAS
ORDERED TO BE RETRIED AFTER A JURY FAILED TO AGREE ON A VERDICT.
ROBERT MAJOR, 25, UNEMPLOYED, OF DARCY ROAD, LONDON FIELDS,
HACKNEY DENIED CAUSING MR DANIEL SIMMS GREVIOUS BODILY HARM WITH
INTENT ON MAY 4 THIS YEAR.
MR SIMMS, OF ALWIN ROAD, SHAW, NR OLDHAM, WHO WAS VISITING
LONDON FOR THE RUGBY LEAGUE CUP FINAL NEARLY DIED AFTER AN ARGUMENT
AT A DISCO ENDED WITH HIM BEING STABBED IN THE BACK.
THE 22 YEAR OLD LABOURER SPENT NEARL TWO WEEKS IN HOSPITAL AND
ALMOST DIED FORM HIS INJURIES.
A RETRIAL WAS ORDERED AFTER A JURY AT SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT
FAILED TO AGREE ON WHETHER MAJOR WAS THE MAN WHO STABBED HIM.
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