Murdered man stabbed ‘from side to side’ with 23-inch sword

A 28-YEAR-OLD mechanic was stabbed to death with a sword during a row with his neighbour, a court heard yesterday.

The 23 inch sword was thrust through Michael Bailey’s body from side to side during the incident in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in June 2003.

The blade penetrated between his ribs and through his chest muscles to within half a centimetre of the skin of the other side of his body, Norwich Crown Court was told.