Burglar jailed for knife attack on Willenhall pensioner
Bowering stabbed the 82 year old after being caught breaking into a house
A burglar who carried out a knife attack on a pensioner in Willenhall has been jailed for nine years.
26 year old Andrew Bowering broke into the terrace house in Croft Street, Willenhall, in the early hours of 27 December last year.
He stole the TV and was rummaging through draws when he was disturbed by the homeowner - who he stabbed three times.
Police were alerted by neighbours and arrived to find Bowering stripped from the waist down and wearing a bloody t shirt.
He tried to claim he was the victim's grandson and had challenged a burglar.
It quickly became apparent he was the knifeman and he later admitted wounding and aggravated burglary.
He's been jailed for nine years at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
Detective Constable Mandy Dorrington of West Midlands Police, n, said:
“This was a brutal, totally unwarranted attack on an elderly man. He posed no threat to Bowering yet he lashed out several times with a knife and also left the man with a broken nose.
“Thankfully the victim has gone on to make a good recovery but we could easily have been looking at very serious, possibly fatal stab injuries."