Man found guilty of attempted murder in Blackburn

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The man pictured is Scott Dagg and in April he attempted to kill somebody.

We arrested him, charged him and yesterday (2nd December) a jury at Preston Crown Court unanimously found him guilty of attempted murder.

He will spend Christmas in prison, awaiting to be sentenced on 26th January.

As was reported earlier this year, our officers were called to Swift Close in Blackburn following a report a man had been stabbed in the chest.

Whilst enroute, they came across a man with blood around his face and head - later identified as Dagg - on Barbara Castle Way. He was swaying on the pedestrian island and talking incoherently.

Dagg, 43, of no fixed address, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and later charged with that offence.

The victim – a man in his 30s – was treated at hospital for stab wounds. He later discharged himself and did not provide a statement or support the prosecution.

The knife was recovered from outside the property wrapped in a towel.

DS Cheryl Taylor, from Blackburn CID, said: “I welcome the verdict, which comes off the back of the hard work of a number of officers, in particularly the officer in charge of this case.

“Scott Dagg is a dangerous individual who stabbed a man he claimed to be a friend of, for reasons we may never truly understand. If the circumstances had been slightly different, he could have been stood in the dock facing a murder charge.”