Vincent Sparkes has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17-and-a-half years following his conviction for the murder of Neil Bambrick, a resident of Swindon.
Today, at Bristol Crown Court, Sparkes was found guilty of fatally stabbing Mr. Bambrick in Broad Street on July 11 last year. The altercation between the two men escalated when Sparkes, following a headbutt, inflicted a single fatal wound to Mr. Bambrick’s chest using a knife.
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