Jealous boyfriend jailed for stabbing a friend in the face and neck after he admitted sleeping with his partner

A jealous boyfriend has been jailed for a Valentine’s Day attack on a friend who admitted sleeping with his partner.
Sean Hills pinned Lee Evans to a sofa and stabbed him so hard in the face and neck that he bent the blade of the short kitchen knife and left him with deep wounds.
He then posted chilling photos of himself armed with weapons taken shortly before he came within millimeters of stabbing his victim to death.

Sean Hills, of Exeter, Devon, posted chilling photos of himself with the deadly weapon before his jealous Valentine's Day attack

He lost control after Evans told him he had slept with his girlfriend and claimed she had been seeing other men as well, Exeter Crown Court was told.
One stab wound almost cut the jugular vein and Mr Evans was spared more serious injury because two other people managed to pull him away - one even used a golf club to subdue him.

After the stabbing Hills went on the run and walked all the way from Exeter to Torquay to escape the police. He handed himself in when his photo was released to ask the public with the search for him.
Hills, 26, of Exeter, Devon, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Lee Evans, who needed hospital treatment and was off work for three weeks with his injuries.
He was jailed for six years by Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, who told him he had terrified everyone who was in the flat at the time.

Hills, 26, was jailed for six years by Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, who told him he had terrified everyone who was in the flat at the time. He said: 'You stabbed him and told him you were going to kill him and there was a struggle in which two other people tried to pull you off him'

He said: 'You stabbed him and told him you were going to kill him and there was a struggle in which two other people tried to pull you off him.
'You dropped the knife and ran off, leaving him bleeding heavily from wounds in his neck, behind his ear, and on his shoulder, which fortunately have been repaired without further problem.
'You must clearly have brought the knife to the scene. It was in your pocket and you produced it when you went to stab him.
'It was extremely frightening for everyone there and he really feared for his life.'
The stabbing happened at neighbour Richard Ashton's flat where Mr Evans was staying.
Miss Mary McCarthy, prosecuting said Hills’ girlfriend had slept with Mr Evans some months before but they had both kept it secret until the night before the stabbing, when Mr Evans told him what he had done.
Hills confronted his partner, but she claimed she had been raped. He phoned the police before he went looking for Mr Evans with the knife in his pocket.
He attacked Mr Evans at the neighbour's flat in the early hours of Valentine’s Day morning when he told him the sex with his girlfriend had been consensual.
Miss McCarthy said: 'At that stage Hills’ mood changed and he became very volatile and said "if two people get murdered here tonight it won’t be because of me but because of what happened".
'He pulled the knife from his pocket without warning and swung it at Mr Evans’ head.
'First Mr Ashton thought he was punching him but then realised he had a knife and tried to stop him, but it had little effect.
'Mr Evans was begging for his life and trying to grab the blade and Mr Ashton got hold of a golf club and used it to stop the attack.'
Another housemate, Teresa White, helped pull Hills away.
As he left he shouted at his girlfriend’s flat that it was her fault he had stabbed Mr Evans.
Mr Evans suffered three serious wounds, one which nearly cut the jugular, one which went 4cm into the head and one which went 4cm into the biceps, according to Miss McCarthy.
Defending Mr Hills, Joss Ticehurst said Mr Evans had upset Hills by telling him his girlfriend had slept not only with him but other men as well.
He said: 'This was a difficult and fraught night for him and he regrets his actions.'

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