A drink and drug-fuelled knifeman who stabbed a dad of three to death in a violent confrontation outside a village pub has today been convicted of murder. William Cosier had claimed he had simply wanted to “scare off” Adam Pritchard, only to come under fire from a BB gun as they fought outside The Queen’s Head in Boughton-under-Blean on March 13 this year. But the blade he was wielding penetrated Mr Pritchard’s ribcage and into his chest and abdomen to a depth of almost 23cm, causing liver and lung damage. Canterbury Crown Court heard that just over an hour earlier, the 35-year-old victim had …
