Man stabbed student in neck amid Oldbury car wash row

A man who stabbed a student in the neck because he was unhappy with the way he was cleaning his vehicle is today starting a five-and-a-half year jail term.

Albanian Besnik Treshani, aged 27, angrily lashed out at Nejad Azari with the blade at the Wing Wah Car Wash in Wolverhampton Road, Oldbury, on Christmas Eve 2009.

Wolverhampton Crown Court heard yesterday that Mr Azari suffered life-threatening injuries.

Mr Mark Rees, prosecuting, said the 28-year-old victim had been working at the car wash to clear a debt.

The prosecutor said the attack happened after Treshani, of no fixed address, had driven his friend's Mitsubishi Shogun to the car wash.

He saw Mr Azari cleaning the windows of the vehicle and repeatedly demanded that he do it again because he was unhappy with the standard of his work.

Mr Rees said Mr Azari moved to try and defuse the situation, but Treshani went over to him and stabbed him in the neck.

The court heard the wound sustained was "extremely close to vital structures with the potential to be life threatening."

Treshani drove away but was arrested after his fingerprints were found on a beer can he threw down at the scene, said Mr Rees.

Mr Tarlowchan Dubb, for Treshani, said it was a "moment of madness."

Treshani admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm, possessing an offensive weapon and having a counterfeit Bulgarian ID document. He will be deported to Albania when he has served his sentence.

Det Sgt Mick Greenland, said: "The victim suffered horrific injuries that he is still recovering from."

By Shaun Jepson