Man who murdered rugby player outside nightclub jailed for life
by Claire Hayhurst
Apr 12, 2024
4 minutes
A carpenter who stabbed four people with a knife and then murdered a man who intervened to protect others has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years.
Jake Hill, 25, attacked five people in around 20 seconds outside the Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin, Cornwall, shortly after 3am on April 30 last year.
Truro Crown Court heard Hill had stashed a serrated hunting knife in a hedge nearby before entering the club, removing it again as people left at closing time.
Hill then joined a fight between 15 people – stabbing four
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