STEVE Baxter, who stabbed Simon Clark to death at a caravan park in Pendine, has been jailed for life at Swansea Crown Court
He will serve a minimum of 24 years behind bars, Mr Justice Picken decided.
The judge said: “I’m addressing an empty chair, but I will speak as if Baxter was in the dock.
“You and he were friends. In fact, you had bought his caravan for him and he was paying you back.
“The first altercation involving Mr Clark and Jeffrey Ward had ended.
“Your case of self-defence was rejected by the jury. You were the aggressor and you should never have picked up that knife.
“You and you alone are to blame for his death I was unable to detect any remorse ”
Mr Justice Picken said there were several aggravating features. The court today that Baxter already had a conviction for attempted murder and for several other offences of violence, theft, obtaining by deception and having sexual intercourse with an underage girl.
