Accused killer was ‘dishing it out’

A man accused of stabbing a father to death in a gym who argued he was acting in self-defence was ‘not in fear of violence, but the one dishing it out’, a court heard. Charles Riddington, 37, claims he stabbed on 24-year-old George Barker because the victim pulled the knife on him. But prosecutor Jonathan Rees, QC, argued the ‘injuries scoreboard reveals 17-nil’. Riddington knifed Mr Barker in the head and body in the Double K Gym in Bexley, southeast…

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