Samurai sword double-murderer 'almost decapitated one victim and sliced off other's hand during 'frenzied and brutal' attack'

A father-of-five murdered two men with a samurai sword in a 'frenzied' attack - then told his partner "nobody is going to f*** me over again", a court heard.

Veteran loyalist Colin Lindsay was almost decapitated with his own sword - while pal Stanley Wightman almost had his hand severed during the “two very violent and brutal killings”.

Murderer Albert Armstrong has already been handed a life sentence for killing the tragic pair, who both died as a result of “catastrophic” injuries.

While, 47-year-old Mr Lindsay died at the scene, Mr Wightman, 52, was rushed to hospital, but he died of his injuries two days later, reports Belfast Live .

Armstrong, from Belfast, will hear what the minimum term he must serve will be when he returns to Belfast Crown Court on July 15.

Outlining the prosecution case against Armstrong, Crown barrister Neil Connor QC described the deaths of the deceased as “two very violent and brutal killings.”

The horrific murders happened in Mr Lindsay’s home on the Belvoir Estate in July 8 last year.

At the time, Armstrong lived with his partner in Belvoir and was known in the local area as a bit of a handyman.

On the day of the murder Mr Lindsay had been in contact with Armstrong asking him to fix a smoke alarm in his house, prompting Armstrong to drive the short distance to Mr Lindsay’s home.

A trip to the off licence was made and the three men then drank a “considerable quantity of both beer and vodka” in Mr Lindsay’s house.

Armstrong returned to the off licence at around 5pm, where he bought more beer.

Just over two hours later, Armstrong arrived back at his partner’s house in his Mazda.

She could tell he had been drinking, and also noticed he had blood on his hand and forehead.

She also saw a blood-stained sword in the passenger footwell of the car, wrapped in a pair of black jeans.

When she asked Armstrong what had happened, he told her he had killed two people, the court heard.

He told her “I have killed Bap Lindsay and Stanley. Nobody is going to f*** me over again”, the court was told.

At this stage, Armstrong claimed that whilst they were all drinking Mr Lindsay lifted a hatchet and started waving it about.

He also claimed that he was struck by Mr Lindsay, and that Mr Lindsay had a knife which he took off him.

Mr Connor revealed that Armstrong asked his partner to help gather his clothes which he was going to burn in the back garden - but that never occurred as the police arrived and arrested Armstrong at 8.10pm.

Regarding the murder scene, when police first arrived at Mr Lindsay’s house at 8.19pm, they were unable to enter the property - but an officer saw one stricken man in the front room.

They eventually entered the house at 8.30pm and whilst a clearly deceased Mr Lindsay was on the sofa, the severely injured Mr Wightman was found lying in a pool of his own blood on the living room floor.

Despite being rushed to hospital, Mr Wightman died two days after the attack from the wounds to his head and neck. His right hand was almost severed at the wrist as he tried to defend himself.

The prosecutor said that post mortems conducted on both victims concluded they died from multiple wounds to the neck.

Mr Connor revealed that due to the nature and number of wounds, “the weapon must have been wielded with some considerable force”.

source: Mirror uk