Article: Landlord denies murdering man.

A LANDLORD stabbed a defenceless drinker through the heart after violence flared at a Sheffield pub, a court heard.

Dean Walton is accused of murdering bricklayer Daniel Massey in the car park of the Arbourthorne Hotel last October.

Walton has admitted stabbing the 20-year-old - but claims he used the knife in self-defence and did not intend to kill him.

Shortly before the incident, Mr Massey's girlfriend Shauna Clark became embroiled in a fight with Cheriann Rodgers.

Drinkers enjoying a Saturday night disco at the pub in Errington Road looked on as the two women went outside.

Sheffield Crown Court heard they went into the pub ...

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