A murder suspect who stabbed a man to death, knifed another in the stomach and slashed his ex-girlfriend in the face has told a court: "The last thing I wanted to do was resort to violence."
Scott stated that he then placed a knife within the waistband of his tracksuit bottoms before heading downstairs to "mediate the situation". He said Mr Humphreys had attacked him with a dog chain when he opened the door, adding: "He was about to whack me with the dog chain, and I'm just backing off away.
"I turned to look and see if they were there and they were both there coming up the stairs, Rebecca and Liam. When I got to the top of the stairs, I was panicking.Scott told the court that he managed to get back inside, but Ms Scott was "trying to burst into the flat". He said: "I was pushing the door and Rebecca was trying to force her way into the door.
"She started punching me, she punched me twice. That’s when Liam came from the left and hit me over the head with the dog chain."It was just to back him off. As I've done that, that's when he backed off a bit. He replied: "No, because Rebecca and Liam were in the only way of me getting out. I was telling them go away, just go away.
"He’s just walked into the knife. I just went like that to back him off. Unfortunately, I got him in the chest."