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Cardell Hamman(Image: GMP)<\/p>\nWitnesses overheard Cardell Hamman shout: “You’re a dead man!”Cardell Hamman(Image: GMP)<\/p>\n
A knifeman threatened to stab a parent outside a primary school as children were being picked up. Cardell Hamman, 20, approached the dad as he collected his child outside the north Manchester school in January.<\/p>\n
Without warning, Hamman brandished a knife and shouted: “You want to f*** with my sister?”<\/p>\n
He then moved towards the man, swinging the knife at his body. The blade brushed the man’s shoulder before he grabbed Hamman and pulled him away, Manchester Crown Court<\/a> heard.<\/p>\n He then ran towards the school, followed by Hamman, who shouted: “I’m gonna stab you up.”<\/p>\n Sign up to the MEN Court newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n Kate Gaskell, prosecuting, said: “CCTV at the school recorded him as he arrived, followed by the defendant. As the defendant entered the school playground he appeared to secret the knife about his body.<\/p>\n “He left as the victim neared the door to the building. As he left the defendant shouted, \u2018You want to f*** with my sister. Watch, I\u2019m gonna stab you up\u2019.”<\/p>\n Others also heard Hamman shout words to the effect of ‘you’re a dead man’. The victim recognised Hamman, but ‘as far he was aware there was no ill feelings between them’, Ms Gaskell added.<\/p>\n In a statement the victim said: \u201c\u2018This incident has shocked me and makes me worried and concerned for my family\u2019s safety. So many thoughts are going through my head about what might happen in the future or what could have happened.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be strong for my family, and my opinion is that I don\u2019t want to show my emotions to them or anyone else because as a father I have to be strong for them and show them that their dad isn\u2019t scared of anything.<\/p>\n \u201cAs time goes by I might begin to feel differently but for now my thoughts rest with what could have happened if I hadn\u2019t managed to get away and what if something else like this happens in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI have no idea why Cardell would target me, as far as I\u2019m concerned, until today I had no problem with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamman was arrested after CCTV footage led police to his home in Droylsden<\/a>. He told officers he had taken an overdose the day before and was taken to hospital. He was examined and released as being fit to be interviewed.<\/p>\n Hamman denied the offences. He accepted he knew the victim as the man’s child knew his sister, but said there were \u2018no ill feelings\u2019 between them. He later pleaded guilty to attempted wounding with intent; and possession of a bladed article.<\/p>\n