Man who stabbed his own brother to death pictured for first time after being jailed for horrific attack

A man who stabbed his own brother to death at the home they shared in Trafford can now be pictured for the first time after he was jailed for the horrific killing.

Gilvy Anderson, 59, knifed his younger sibling Emile, 50, in the heart as their mother watched TV in another room at their home in Stretford, following a bitter feud between the pair.

Tensions had been running high at the semi-detached house on Davyhulme Road when things came to a head on April 16 last year, after Emile confronted his brother about a 'childish prank.'

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After being challenged about the prank, Gilvy grabbed a knife and stabbed Emile to the chest. He later claimed he was acting in self defence after Emile had started 'growling at him.' A jury previously found him not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

At Preston Crown Court on Tuesday, a judge rejected the notion that Anderson had stabbed his brother to protect himself - as the court heard his family had been living in fear of him for some time.

Their distraught mother, Marlene Anderson sobbed in court as her son was jailed for 15 years for the manslaughter of her other child.

In a victim statement read to the court on behalf of Ms Anderson, prosecutor Nick Johnson QC said: "In the months leading up to the death of her son they all felt like prisoners in their own home."

The court heard that Ms Anderson, along with Emile and their other brother Gerrard were 'constantly walking on eggshells' as Gilvy had become increasingly 'distanced' and 'paranoid.' Family members refused to visit the house because of his behaviour.

He had lost his job and during the pandemic had become increasingly