Man sent to prison for Peterborough knife attack
It happened in Kesteven Walk, Eastgate just after midnight on 30 January.
Last updated 30th Dec 2025
A man who attacked his girlfriend’s neighbour with a knife in Peterborough months after being released from prison has been sent back to jail.
52 year-old Michael Hutchinson launched the attack in Kesteven Walk, Eastgate, Peterborough, at just after midnight on 30 January.
He had only been released from prison in October 2024, when he was in an alleyway near his girlfriend’s home and the victim, a 39-year-old man, asked him what he was doing.
Hutchinson grabbed the victim and threatened him before following him into his home.
He threatened the victim again, this time with a silver folding knife, and when the victim slammed an internal door shut, Hutchinson began stabbing at the door, with the blade going through to the other side.
The victim’s girlfriend arrived and calmed the situation, asking the victim not to call police as Hutchinson was on licence after the previous prison sentence.
Police arrived shortly after, but Hutchinson had fled and he was arrested two days later at a relative’s address in Cardea, Peterborough.
Hutchinson, of Jupiter Avenue, Cardea, Peterborough, was found guilty of aggravated burglary on 7 August. He was sentenced on Monday, 22 December, at Huntingdon Law Courts, to ten years in prison extended by a further four years on licence.
DC Megan Sims said: “The victim was fortunate not to be physically injured in this attack as it could have ended very differently. I hope the victim will be able to move on now the case has been heard and Hutchinson sentenced.”