Sunderland thug who sliced open a man’s throat launches freedom bid
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Daniel Brian Sayers left his victim fighting for his life following the knife attack at a house in Tel El Kebir Road, Hendon, Sunderland, in August last year.
He was jailed for 10 years in February this year after he found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court of committing grievous bodily harm and possessing of an offensive weapon.
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Hide AdSayers, 35, of no fixed address at the time of his conviction, has now taken his case to London’s Court of Appeal.
He will seek leave to appeal against both the verdict and the sentence on Thursday morning.
If he is successful with this first stage, judges will then decide whether to hear the full case immediately or to adjourn it until a future date.
Sayers, who was also ordered to serve an extended five-year period on licence at the end of his jail term, was branded “a dangerous individual” by police after he was imprisoned.
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Hide AdThe court heard how Sayers and a group of friends were drinking into the early hours of August 1 before the savage attack happened.
A disagreement broke out between him and a 48-year-old man shortly after 3am as Sayers, angered over a supposed debt owed to him, slashed across the victim’s throat with a curved silver blade.
His victim needed life-saving surgery after his trachea and neck muscles were laid bare from the six-inch wound.
The jury was told Sayers threatened witnesses if they attempted to contact police before refusing to co-operate with detectives himself when interviewed.
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Hide AdDetective Constable Graham Laverick, of Northumbria Police, said afterwards: "This was a vicious attack that left the victim with catastrophic neck injuries.
"The wound was so deep that his windpipe was visible when emergency services arrived. We could so easily have been looking at a homicide investigation."Daniel Sayers is a dangerous individual who willingly carried a knife and inflicted significant injuries on his victim as a result of his own frustration. There can be little doubt that the city is safer with him behind bars.”