Vigilante gang jailed for stabbing man 90 minutes after he murdered their friend
Three men who took revenge on their friend’s murderer by beating him up and stabbing him repeatedly have been jailed.
Anthony George, 42, killed Tyrone Williamson, 25, in a vodka-fuelled rage after being thrown out of a Christmas party in Bolton on December 11, 2021.
Just 90 minutes later, a group of men caught up with George and attacked him.
They used same knife he used on Mr Williamson to stab him five times, leaving him with life-threatening injuries which required three weeks in hospital and surgery.
He managed to recover and was ordered to serve at least 21 years in prison for murder last December.
Now, three men involved in the attack on him have been jailed – Mr William’s half-brother Brendan Carney, 27, and friends Adam Disa-Green, 22, and Jason Wilding, 29.
Manchester Crown Court heard how, when Wilding was arrested he was ‘very angry’ and told police: ‘I hope the motherf*****’s dead.’
He later pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, along with Disa-Green. Carney was convicted of the same offence in a separate trial.
Wilding, of Gilnow Gardens, Bolton, who has 36 previous convictions, was declared dangerous and handed an extended sentence for public protection.
He was jailed for seven years and two months and will serve an extra four years on licence. He will have to satisfy the Parole Board before he is released.
His defence lawyer, Adam Watkins, said the men were ‘traumatised, upset and angry’, arguing that the fact that his client was wearing flip flops at the time of the attack proved it was ‘spontaneous’.
Disa-Green was sentenced to five years and 10 months, while Carney received eight years and eight months. All three will serve two-thirds of their sentence behind bars.
David Toal, for Disa-Green, of Horwich, Bolton, said his client was the youngest man involved and he showed a ‘lack of maturity’.
Carney’s barrister Hugh McKee said the defendant, from Bolton, had previously stayed out of trouble since 2015.
Sentencing, Judge Timothy Smith said: ‘Feelings were clearly running very high. There was shock, distress, upset and anger about what had taken place.
‘The reason to look for and find Mr George was not simply to detain him and hand him into the police, but also to do him some harm as revenge or retribution.’
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