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Anthony Jones stabbed rapper in the neck
Rapper Professor Green is furious after learning that the man who attacked him has been freed from jail after serving just two years of his sentence.
Anthony Jones was locked up for eight years in 2011 after stabbing the rapper in the neck with a bottle.
He was found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent, an offence that can carry a life sentence.
Green, real name Stephen Manderson, was left fighting for his life after being attacked inside Cargo nightclub in Shoreditch, London.
The rapper fled the club holding a six-inch wound in his neck, ironically just by where he had recently had the word 'Lucky' tattooed, and believed he was close to death.
“I thought I was going to die when I was outside on the pavement holding my neck and face together,” Manderson said at the time.
“I phoned my nan and my mum and I said goodbye. I thought, ‘If it’s my time I’m not going to go out crying and screaming’. It took me a long time to resolve what had happened. I’d be going out to clubs and whatever and I’d be on edge if someone even looked at me funny. I’d be ready to do something to them.
“It made me vulnerable in that I was more likely to do something to someone else and that’s not what I’m like. I don’t believe in violence.”
Professor Green with his nan Patrice and fiancee Millie Mackintosh
Jones, who was studying business at London Metropolitan University at the time, claimed Green had been ‘jostling’ his friends inside the club.
He’s now served only a quarter of his sentence after prison chiefs ruled he had served enough of his sentence to be granted parole.
Green recently held an engagement party with fiancee Millie Mackintosh of Made In Chelsea.
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Jason Derulo: suffered a fractured neck while rehearsing for a tour. He tweeted: "I fractured my neck doing tumbling & acrobatics 4 tour!"
P Diddy: rumours spread that Diddy was injured in a fight, but his team said the rapper simply decided to have surgery on an old injury .
Billy Idol: the rock star underwent foot surgery to correct a malformation of his right foot which was caused by a motorcycle accident.
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John Grimes (Jedward): Grimes fell over on stage during a T4 On The Beach performance and had to undergo knee surgery. Looks as though he was just as annoying on crutches as he was off them.
Kelly Jones: the Stereophonics rocker sliced his hand open after getting into a fight with security guards at the Vodafone Live Music Awards as he walked into the women's toilets.
Emma Bunton: Emma explained the twisted ankle: "I had a tumble on stage and unfortunately I have sprained my ankle, so I'm hobbling around on crutches."
Jessie J: Jessie broke her foot when she fell off a stage platform in 2011 whilst rehearsing for a concert and the injury was so bad that the singer had to have a bone transplant.
Carl Barat: the former Libertines singer made a sling look as rock 'n' roll as possible as he played through the pain of a broken collarbone in 2006
Demi Lovato: the American singer-songwriter slipped on a freshly cleaned floor whilst at home and injured her leg, meaning she had to wear a far from chic ankle boot for London Fashion Week.
Rihanna: the pop star was leaving a London club when a crazed fan through a bottle at her whilst shouting Chris Brown related abuse. The singer fell into a metal shop-shutter injuring her knee.
Frank Ocean: The singer cut his finger during an on-street brawl with everybody's favourite artist, Chris Brown. The minor injury forced Ocean to play the piano with just one hand at the 2013 Grammy Awards.
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