Mugger ‘never used his knife on anyone’

A street robber accused of stabbing a businessman to death said he always carried a knife but never used it on anyone. Baris Kucuk, 33, died from catastrophic blood loss caused by a single stab wound after Adam Tarik sliced a kitchen knife through ‘at least half of his knee joint.’ Tarik, 25, made off with just the victim’s phone and a bottle of beer. Giving evidence he admitted he went out on 1 June last year to try to…