Killer faces life over stab murder
3:02pm Monday 10th September 2007 in
THE killer of 30-year-old stab victim Keith Platt is facing life in jail after admitting his murder.
Richard Knott pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court on Monday as he was due to stand trial for the killing on March 16.
Mr Platt, a window cleaner, died after he was stabbed several times in his stomach outside a pub.
He had only left his house in Grosvenor Street to go in to Farnworth town centre and help his brother, Tony Callaghan, who had become involved in an argument with a group of men earlier that night.
Knott, aged 20, of Masefield Drive, New Bury, yesterday admitted the murder and was told that he would be sentenced next month.
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