Police 殺し屋 脅すd carpenter with knife

Last updated at 12:03 10 May 2005


A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed a police officer to death had earlier 脅すd to kill a carpenter who had been sent to 直す／買収する，八百長をする his 盗品故買者, a 陪審／陪審員団 was told today.

Glaister Earl Butler 現れるd from his house with a 14in kitchen knife, shouting 脅しs that he was going to decapitate and kill Michael John 支持を得ようと努めるd.

Mr 支持を得ようと努めるd told Birmingham 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 he managed to keep the 49-year-old at a distance with a 4ft 6in long metal 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 he was using to 粉砕する up 固める／コンクリート around the gatepost.

He then 警報d police to the 出来事/事件, which happened outside Butler's 会議 flat in Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham, on May 21 last year.

Butler later stabbed 探偵，刑事 Constable Michael Swindells to death after officers were sent to 調査／捜査する.

He 否定するs 殺人ing the 44-year-old father of two, from Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, but 収容する／認めるs 過失致死 予定 to 減らすd 責任／義務.

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Giving 証拠, Mr 支持を得ようと努めるd, who 作品 for a 会社／堅い of sub-請負業者s for Birmingham City 会議, said Butler 直面するd him with the knife, which had been sharpened into a point, and said he was 持つ／拘留するing the 武器 at about chin 高さ.

"He was 脅すing to 削減（する） my を回避する, kill me. He was 断言するing. He was very loud. He could've been heard two streets away," he told the 陪審／陪審員団.

"As he got to me, I sort of つまずくd across the 穴を開ける and grabbed the アイロンをかける 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and put it between us."

Mr 支持を得ようと努めるd said Butler appeared to be "put off" by the アイロンをかける 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and returned to his house, still 問題／発行するing 脅しs and 断言するing.

"I was やめる 静める. I kept talking to him very loudly, 説 I was just here to help and put a new gate on. I kept repeating I was supposed to be here and... he shouldn't upset with me," he 追加するd.

"If he'd got that much closer, he would have done it... I managed to 緩和する him 支援する that one インチ to stop the 状況／情勢."

The 裁判，公判 continues.

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