The jury has retired to consider its verdict in a trial of a man accused of attempted murder after his alleged victim was stabbed and slashed with a knife.

Karl Glease suffered three stab wounds, including one to the chest and another to his neck, which resulted in him staying in hospital for a month while recovering from his injuries.

Kenneth Walton accepts that he was responsible for inflicting the injuries to Mr Glease but maintains he was protecting himself when he was threatened with a golf club and a knife.

The 30-year-old categorically denies setting out to stab Mr Glease when there was an altercation outside of his County Durham home.

Teesside Crown Court had heard how Mr Glease had been drinking with the defendant and his girlfriend minutes before he was stabbed and slashed with a knife.

Paramedics were called to the address on Ely Terrace, Stanley just after 10.20pm on Saturday, June 22 this year to discover the alleged victim with multiple stab wounds.

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Walton denied making any deliberate stabbing movements towards Mr Glease and said the wound to the neck must have been caused when they were wrestling on the floor.

Earlier in the trial, jurors watched a video-recorded police interview where Mr Glease said he thought he had been punched to the chest until he saw his own blood spurting into the air.

“The blood was just p****** out of my chest and said - ‘the b****** has just stabbed me’. I said to his girlfriend – ‘you need to call an ambulance’ as the blood was pouring out of me chest,” he said.

The trial continues.