A former soldier has been jailed for stabbing a neighbour in the neck and face during a fight.Prolific offender Brian Philips, aged 56, used the man's own knife against him, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Victim David Harris, who was scarred for life, had picked up the blade as the pair argued in his bedsit.Philips, formerly in the Royal Engineers, turned the knife on its owner and inflicted six wounds to Mr Harris's face and neck.Philips later claimed Mr Harris had hit him with a stick – and...
