US EditionHe ran into the street shouting 'I've stabbed my mate', but told detectives friend 'fell on knife' - Manchester Evening News
- Matthew Higgins, age 36, murdered 37-year-old David Eaton in Northwich on September 28 after a dispute.
- The fatal stabbing followed an earlier incident where Higgins shaved Eaton's eyebrow while Eaton was sleeping.
- Higgins lured Eaton into a hallway at his home, where he stabbed him twice in the heart after the eyebrow incident and a phone snatching.
- After the stabbing at around 3:35 pm, Higgins told a neighbor to call for an ambulance; he also said, "I've stabbed my mate."
- Higgins received a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years; the jury rejected his claim of self-defense.
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The Independent (US)Moment murderer arrested for killing friend after ‘childish’ eyebrow prank
Police footage captures the moment a murderer was arrested after killing his friend following an eyebrow prank. Matthew Higgins, 36, of Brook Lane, Northwich, stabbed David Eaton, 37, to death during an escalating row that included Higgins shaving off his friend’s eyebrow as he slept on 27 September 2024, Chester Crown Court heard. The following day, the father-of-three and Higgins clashed repeatedly. A judge said the "red mist descended" for Hi…
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