article_snippet: Mr Bidgood, who was watching television when the attack took place on September 18 last year, managed to run from the flat covered in blood.
article_snippet: Mark Mullins, prosecuting, said: 'Mark Mullins went up to Leslie Bidgood and started hitting Mark Mullins around the neck and head. '
article_snippet: Mark Mullins told the jury the 'very nasty attack' could have had much more serious consequences.
article_snippet: Someone who stabs someone multiple times with a meat cleaver intends to do someone really serious harm.'
article_snippet: All I know is I wanted to get out of the flat.
article_snippet: I know I felt a meat cleaver.
article_snippet: Detective Constable Mark Silk from Kent Police was fully conscious and had in Detective Constable Mark Silk from Kent Police possession a lethal weapon and using a lethal weapon meant Detective Constable Mark Silk from Kent Police fully intended to cause harm. '
article_snippet: a lethal weapon must have been a terrifying shock and ordeal to have seen someone change in that way and see them attacking you. '
article_snippet: In fact, the victim was incredibly lucky the attack was not fatal. '
article_snippet: I am pleased a jury at Maidstone Crown Court were able to see the seriousness of the offence and convict Detective Constable Mark Silk from Kent Police on the comprehensive evidence put before them.'