A BRUTE who bragged to his friends on WhatsApp after he tried to kill a man has been jailed.
Scott Dagg, 43, was arrested after cops spotted him covered in blood on their way to the scene of the stabbing in April last year.
Police were on route to the scene of a stabbing when they came across Scott Dagg covered in blood at a pedestrian crossing
Dagg, 43, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and released on bail while enquiries continued
North-West Ambulance Service were called to a property in Blackburn to treat a man in his 30s with a stab wound to the chest.
The victim was rushed to hospital for treatment and later discharged himself without providing a statement or helping the prosecution.
A knife was recovered from outside the property, wrapped in a towel.
CCTV footage from the road Dagg was arrested shows him discarding an object on top of an electricity box on Mincing Lane.
Before he was rearrested, he discharged a phone on top of an electricity box
Police were able to recover voice notes from his phone that mentioned how Dagg was ‘gutted’ that he did not kill his victim
Before his sentencing, police were able to locate a discarded phone with texts saying he was “gutted” that he had not killed his victim.
Voice notes from the device showed that Dagg had intended to go to the victim’s property and kill him in revenge for an altercation the pair had previously had.
In one he said: “I’m just gutted that I didn’t actually kill him.”
The thug was rearrested on suspicion of attempted murder on May 28 last year.
A jury at Preston Crown Court found the man guilty of attempted murder following a trial in December.
He was sentenced to 24 years in prison at the same court on May 6.
DS Taylor, from Blackburn CID, said: “Scott Dagg is an extremely dangerous individual who attended the victim’s address with the express purpose of causing him fatal harm.
“While he was on bail for the extremely serious offence of attempted murder, he then sent voice notes to his friends boasting about what he had done and expressing regret that the victim hadn’t died.
“I welcome the sentence handed down today which reflects the serious nature of the offending.
“I want to place on record my thanks to the team for their diligence and tenacity in securing this conviction and substantial sentence.”
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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