Jail time for man who stabbed another man to death outside his Dundee home
Charles Little knifed Gordon Diduca after claiming he was spying on him
A man who stabbed another man to death after claiming he was spying on him has been jailed for eight and a half years.
Charles Little knifed Gordon Diduca outside the 32 year-old's home in Dundee.
Mr Diduca had been at a friend's at the same block when archery fan Little appeared at the door armed with a bow and arrow.
Little also bizarrely insisted the victim was partly responsible for him losing his girlfriend and gardening job.
After firing an arrow, the first offender stabbed Mr Diduca, who never recovered despite friends rushing to his aid.
Little was today sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
He had originally stood trial in January for murder.
But, prosecutors went on to accept his guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide while acting under provocation.
Lord Matthews told him: “At the end of the day, you caused the death of Mr Diduca.
“The loss, in particular to his sister, is incalculable. Nothing that I can do will set that right.”
Little will be supervised for a further two years on his release.
A group of Mr Diduca's friends and family were in court today. One yelled “yes” as Little was jailed.
The killer had been described by one ex-workmate as a “reserved individual” who enjoyed woodwork and archery.
But, last September 24, he turned up at a neighbour's door where he was said to have been “rabbling”.
Witness Jason Sinclair said he had been at that flat with others including his cousin Mr Diduca.
The 22 year-old recalled: “He was saying that we were spying on him.
“Myself and Gordon said we did not have a clue who he was. He then said it was our fault that he had lost his girlfriend and his job.”
Little went on to fire an arrow which narrowly missed their friend.
The witness added: “Myself and Gordon were hiding. Gordon was telling him to calm down, but he was just going nuts.
“What we were saying to him, he was not taking in.”
Mr Sinclair then said his cousin went towards the man, but ended up being “stabbed in the neck”.
He said: “Gordon ran to grab the bow. It looked like he was then punching Gordon, but he was not – he stabbed him.”
Mr Sinclair told jurors he “just wanted the hell out of there”.
He recalled helping his blood soaked cousin, who had slumped to the ground.
But, Mr Sinclair added: “He could not speak. He was lying there twitching.
“The twitching stopped because he died.”
The court heard there was evidence Little was suffering from a personality disorder at the time.
As well as the killing, Little also pled guilty to two assault charges and behaving in a threatening and abusive manner