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A man stabbed twice in the neck by a longtime friend has told a court the lack of any explanation has deepened his trauma. His attacker has been jailed after admitting intentional wounding.
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00:00A Northumberland man who was stabbed twice in the neck by a longtime friend says he remains
00:06haunted because he still does not know why the attack happened. Newcastle Crown Court
00:11heard Robert Tate admitted intentionally wounding the victim after the pair had been drinking
00:16vodka together at the victim's cottage, where he'd been helping Tate by letting him use
00:22the washing facilities while his own home was being renovated. The court heard Tate
00:28drove away instead of helping the seriously injured man. The victim said the trauma has
00:33left him unable to work. 60-year-old Tate of West Woodburn in Northumberland was jailed for
00:39four years and 11 months and given a 10-year restraining order.
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