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The dad fended off the six men (Picture: North Yorkshire Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A father-of-two stabbed an armed intruder to death after a masked gang beat him in front of his family.<\/p>\n

The man, who has not been named, protected his family when six men broke into his home in Selby, a\u00a0Yorkshire<\/a>\u00a0town 12 miles south of\u00a0York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Armed with weapons and wearing balaclavas, the burglars began to attack the father with a crowbar while his two young children watched.<\/p>\n

During the struggle in March 2022, the man grabbed a knife and stabbed one of the intruders.<\/p>\n

The five unhurt attackers fled in a getaway car, leaving their fellow gang member behind as the victim phoned 999 to save his life.<\/p>\n

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Despite being given CPR after ambulance crews arrived, the sixth attacker died at the scene.<\/p>\n

A manhunt was launched to\u00a0track down the five remaining men: Alan James Hall, 34, of Selby; Daniel Welford, 32, of Pontefract; Max Jackson, 33, of Stockton on the Forest, York; Kallan Hunt, 35, of no fixed address and Andrew Richardson, 38, of Doncaster.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Richardson claimed he was told his friend had been stabbed, so he came to the house (Picture: North Yorkshire Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Daniel Welford was among the six men who broke into the home (Picture: North Yorkshire Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Max Jackson told investigators he wasn\u2019t even at the home at the time (Picture: North Yorkshire Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Only Welford admitted to being in the home but downplayed his involvement in the burglary, insisting he had no idea what the others had planned.<\/p>\n

Richardson\u00a0denied any involvement in the attack \u2013 he arrived at the scene to find his friend had been stabbed to death, he told police.<\/p>\n

Jackson, Hunt and Hall simply replied \u2018no comment\u2019 when detectives presented evidence to them, including phone logs, fingerprints, CCTV and witness accounts<\/p>\n

Hall, who had suffered a cut to the hand during the invasion, told officers it was from a dog bite.<\/p>\n

All five were charged with aggravated burglary in October 2023 and were jailed this month for almost 70 years.<\/p>\n

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Alan James Hall insisted to the police that his hand was cut because a dog bit him (Picture: North Yorkshire Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kallan Hunt was jailed for nearly two decades (Picture: North Yorkshire Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jackson and Welford were jailed for 13 years, while Richardson and Hall will spend 11 years and four months each behind bars.<\/p>\n

A judge today deemed Hall to be a dangerous offender, sentencing him to 19 years in jail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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