A thug has been jailed over a botched road rage attack which saw a mother of two stabbed to death by her sister's ex-boyfriend.
Anthony Spring, 31, ploughed a van into Lucas Barnard in Rushden, Northamptonshire, alongside his friends Jake Swords, 27, and Levi Davis, 25.
Young mother Davis had fallen out with her sister Jordan who was dating Mr Barnard, 28, and was joined by her boyfriend Swords and friend Spring as she went out hunting for Mr Barnard.
Once the trio had rammed into Mr Barnard with a van, they attacked him with a knife during the incident on December 7, 2019.
Mr Barnard suffered a broken leg but he managed to grab the knife and fatally stab Davis in the chest before escaping to his mother's house nearby.
Swords took the bloodied knife and gave it to Spring who wiped it on the grass and ran off before police arrived.
Anthony Spring (pictured), 31, ploughed a van into Lucas Barnard in Rushden, Northamptonshire, alongside his friends Jake Swords, 27, and Levi Davis, 25.
Mr Barnard was initially arrested on suspicion of murder but was released without charge when CCTV proved he acted in self-defence.
Swords, who was charged with the attempted murder of Mr Barnard, died in prison last year.
On Friday Spring, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was jailed for four-and-a-half years after he admitted possession of an offensive weapon and for
