Friday 5 August 2022 04:34 PM Father, 32, is jailed for 19 years for stabbing unarmed burglar to death trends now
A father who stabbed a burglar to death after seeing him break into his home on doorbell footage has been jailed for 19 years.
A jury cleared Karl Townsend, 32, of murdering Jordan Brophy, 31, outside his home in Halewood, Merseyside, on October 29 last year but found him guilty of manslaughter.
Sentencing him at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, Judge Andrew Menary QC said: 'Jordan Brophy was no angel, he had a number of previous convictions and was under investigation for other matters at the time.
'Whatever he was doing on the night, he plainly did not deserve to die as he did.'
A jury cleared Karl Townsend (pictured), 32, of murdering Jordan Brophy, 31, outside his home in Halewood, Merseyside, on October 29 last year but found him guilty of manslaughter
The judge said Mr Brophy and three others had targeted Townsend's home while he, his partner and child were out, with the intention of carrying out a 'smash and grab' burglary to steal a stash of controlled drugs.
The court heard the burglars arrived at the property in Beechwood Avenue in a convoy of vehicles and had a getaway driver outside.
Their arrival was picked up by cameras through a Ring doorbell app and Townsend returned to his home carrying a large kitchen knife, along with his younger half-brother Jamie Cunningham, who was also carrying a knife.
Townsend stabbed Mr Brophy repeatedly in the head, face and arms inside the property, before stabbing him again in the neck on the road outside, the court heard.
A sob could be heard
