Nottingham man says he still loves his brother even though he stabbed him in the face

A man stabbed his older brother in the face and chest during a fight in the garden of the property where they were both living. CCTV played at Nottingham Crown Court showed Fahren Liddell clutching the kitchen knife in his right hand as he wrestled with Shide Dadd in Forest Fields.

In the clip, the blade is prised from the 31-year-old by a third person before Dadd twice collapses to the floor. And in the shocking video, both men are captured covered in blood on the police ’s body-worn footage.

Despite the shocking confrontation Dadd told the court he still loves his younger brother. Judge James Sampson said: “What exactly was behind what happened is unclear but it is clear to me both of you were in some way intoxicated and emotions were running high. That much is clear from the CCTV. You, Mr Liddell, were extraordinarily lucky not to be charged with something more serious. Mr Dadd, you were significantly less involved, he only received minor injuries.”

David Allan, prosecuting, said the incident happened in the early hours of July 7, this year, at the rear of the brothers’ then home in Foxhall Road In the CCTV, the two defendants, and other people, are seen to begin arguing and then fighting before both men go off camera.

Dadd then comes back into view and collapses on the ground only to get up again and run towards a man the prosecution say is his younger brother.

Mr Allan said: “That night Mr Liddell stabbed Mr Dadd to his face and chest. There were no witnesses prepared to give a statement and indeed those present were adamant nothing had happened. But there was clear CCTV showing this confrontation.

“In it, Mr Liddell has a knife in his right hand, it goes off camera and Mr Dadd returns and falls prone to the ground before getting up again and rushing over to a person we say is his brother.

“The police arrive and Mr Dadd is seen on the body-worn footage covered in blood in the kitchen while his brother is covered in blood in his room on the second floor. Mr Dadd suffered a deep laceration to his face and a stab wound to his chest which was caused by his brother.”

Both men pleaded guilty to affray. Liddell, 31, has two previous convictions for four offences including one for GBH. Lucky Thandi, mitigating, said: “The incident itself involved two brothers and Mr Liddell is unable to offer any real explanation as to why the argument occurred. But he knows no explanation provides any justification for what happened that night.”

He was jailed for two years and three months. Dadd, a 36-year-old gas engineer, now of Querneby Road, Mapperley, has three previous convictions for six offences. Lauren Manuel, his barrister, said: “It’s right to say no-one knows how this incident started. Mr Dadd says one of the other people present had said something and he asked that person to leave. He does not know how his brother became involved but it was no-one’s intention for it to reach the levels it reached. He loves his brother and this is a very sad case to come before the court.”

He was handed a 12-month jail term, suspended for 21 months, with 45 rehabilitation sessions.