Jake Hill, 25, stabbed five people in a matter of seconds with a serrated hunting knife outside the Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin, Cornwall.
A nightclub reveller who went on a “knife rampage” leaving one man dead and four others injured has been convicted of murder.
Jake Hill, 25, stabbed five people in a matter of seconds outside the Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin, Cornwall, with a serrated hunting knife.
He had joined a fight between 15 revellers outside the club shortly after 3am on April 30 last year, Truro Crown Court was told.
A disturbance broke out between groups of people in the street after the venue closed.
Victims were either stabbed or slashed in the melee by Hill who had collected the blade from a nearby hedge where he had hidden it prior to entering the nightclub.
Michael Riddiough-Allen, 32, who was the fifth person to be stabbed, suffered a fatal wound to his abdomen and died at the scene.
Following a six-week trial, Hill, of Jubilee Terrace, Bodmin was found guilty of murder and also convicted of four counts of Section 18 wounding with intent.
He was found not guilty of one count of Section 18 wounding with intent relating to a sixth person.
Chelsea Powell and Tia Taylor, who had also been inside the nightclub, had also stood trial alongside Hill accused of murder.
Powell and Taylor both deliberately lied to frustrate the police in their investigation.
Hill was found hiding in the loft at Taylor’s address following the stabbing – after she told officers nobody else was home.
Powell, 22, of Granny’s Green, Bodmin was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter. She was found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
Taylor, 22, of Northey Road, Bodmin admitted charges during the trial of manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.
They will be sentenced on April 12.
Detective Constable Emma Norrish, of Devon & Cornwall Police’s major crime investigation team, said: “We welcome the verdict reached by the jury after hearing the evidence and deliberating on their decisions.
“This has been a long and complex investigation and trial and we now await the sentencing of the three defendants.
“I hope the outcome reached today will begin to bring some closure to Michael’s family and friends, and to the surviving victims.”
