A MAN who was stabbed in a knife attack was “desperate” to retrieve £59.99 of cash he said he lost when he sold his PlayStation but left his account logged in.
Lee Jackson, who was attacked in April this year at his flat in St John’s Avenue, had previously sold his PlayStation to Alex Potter and Bibi Stone.
He later noticed £59.99 had been transferred out of his savings, with a bank statement showing the money had been spent using the PlayStation account which he had not logged out of when he sold the console.
It is said Mr Jackson was “behaving in a threatening manner” towards Stone and was getting other people to contact her until he got the money back.
In a summary of the case at Ipswich Crown Court on Monday, prosecuting barrister Lucy Sweetland said: “He was not answering the phone when Stone called him, and she went to the address to confront him.”
It is alleged Stone, 38, and Potter, 32, smashed a window to Mr Jackson’s flat before Potter stabbed the complainant with a five-inch kitchen knife.
The blade which was later found discarded in a roadside salt box.
Potter, of Deck Place in Colchester, and Stone, of Tony Webb Close in Colchester, both deny grievous bodily harm, criminal damage, and burglary.
Oliver Snodin, defending for Potter, put it to Mr Jackson that he came to the door of his flat armed with a knife when he heard his window being smashed.
He argued Potter was acting in self-defence and that Mr Jackson had been “desperate” to retrieve the £59.99 which had been spent by a user logged into his PlayStation account.
He said: "You were quite keen to get the money back almost immediately.
“Your evidence is you were desperate for the money – you were keen get it back.
Mr Jackson replied: “It’s not their money – it’s my money.”
Continuing his line of questioning, Mr Snodin went on: “At the moment you saw this transaction come out, you are already asking for the money.”
Mr Jackson responded: “Because they spent it – it’s my money.
“I was ****ed off - how many times do you need me to tell you?”
The trial continues.
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