Overview
- Jordan Williamson, 32, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, possession of a bladed article, affray and assaulting an emergency worker.
- He smashed into a Congleton Road bungalow and repeatedly stabbed the homeowner, leaving life-changing injuries including eye surgery and ongoing PTSD.
- Officers arrived quickly, used batons and PAVA spray to disarm him, and arrested him after he resisted and was sedated; one officer was injured.
- He was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court to 23 years in prison and was made subject to a restraining order for life.
- The defense said he had taken cocaine and suggested it may have been laced with 'monkey dust', while the judge attributed the attack to his cocaine use.