Darren Winstanley is back behind bars after stabbing a man 12 times
A violent drug dealer stabbed a man 12 times and left him lying in a puddle of his own blood in an alleyway.
Read more: Driver who mowed down Gogglebox star Ellie Warner's boyfriend outside Leeds pub walks free Judge Batty told Winstanley, of Eastdean Grove: "You inflicted no fewer than 12 stab wounds to his face, neck and upper body. I am satisfied you only stopped because the man you was with was so frightened of how far you would go and pulled you off. You fled, leaving him in a puddle of blood to be discovered. footage shows him apparently resigned to his fate, telling officers to leave him.
"Initially, you ran it from your home address in Seacroft, but was arrested outside and you stepped away from that operation and I am satisfied the proximity of this was concerning to you. It is clear you didn't want to be as closely associated with that so you transferred the drugs line to He continued it from his address in Halifax.
Mr Addison said Winstanley had suffered a "childhood trauma" but "the work he's doing on himself is outstanding." The court was told that the victim's last conviction was discharging a firearm into a house. “A painstaking investigation utilising a range of tactics built up a comprehensive evidential picture that tied him and others, who were previously sentenced, to a long-running conspiracy to supply a large amount of heroin.
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