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Man attacks shopper with claw hammers in Birmingham

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Man attacks shopper with claw hammers in Birmingham

A man has been jailed after he attacked a fellow shopper with two hammers after claiming that the victim had threatened to kill him while in JD Sports near Birmingham.

In the above video, you can see 24-year-old Mitchell Goulding following the shopper with the two hammers, before proceeding to strike him at least three times.

Goulding claimed he was acting in self-defence after the man allegedly sparked the violence by “staring” and “punching him” in JD Sports.

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