Buzzin Disgrace

Throw Away The Key

Matthew Gould, 23, stabbed a groom and his best-man at a wedding reception has been given a pathetic sentence of 21 months.

Joseph Pattenden Hunt and his new bride Laura, both 27, were enjoying their wedding reception when Gould gatecrashed the celebration in Crowborough, East Sussex, complaining about the noise on July 27th.

Gould, dressed in a red and white England sports kit, walked into the venue and the prosecutor said,

“It was around midnight that they discovered some males had gatecrashed the wedding reception party.  They were challenged, most of them went without argument, however this defendant became loud, argumentative and aggressive.

He kicked over a flamed torch alight in the garden.  He said: “If you don’t turn the music down, I’m going to cut you.”

A scuffle started as the groom and his best man tried to get Gould to leave the reception and they were both stabbed, the groom in the forearm and the best man in the neck and both needed to be treated in hospital.

Gould was found hiding in his attic after a blood stained sports shirt was discovered, he pleaded guilty last month to one charge of possessing a knife in public and two counts of wounding, but without intent.

Apparently, Gould had trouble sleeping that night and was making himself something to eat in the kitchen.  He had previously been drinking and on hearing the music had snapped.

He entered the party with the knife in his pocket but had no intention of using it!  You have a knife in your pocket for one reason only, with the intention of using it!

The thug also has sixteen previous convictions for forty-two offences, and the judge gave him just 15 months in prison for possession of a knife plus 21 months for the two wounding charges to run concurrently.

How long before this complete waste of life kills someone?  Still, as long as he says he didn’t intend to kill them he should get off lightly!