Shoppers ran for their lives and dived for cover as Raphael Chevelleau, 43, wounded three people and attempted to wound two others when he dashed through the centre on October 11 2019.
Yesterday, he was sentenced to a hospital order under the Mental Health Act at Manchester Crown Court, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said.
During the sentencing hearing, which began on Friday, the court was told Chevelleau bought a kitchen knife on the morning of the attack from Blackley Pound Store near his flat in Rochdale Road, Blackley, then caught a bus into the city.
He entered the Arndale at about 11.05am and shortly afterwards he went into a baby-change room, where he unwrapped the knife packaging and left with the stainless steel chef’s blade in his jacket pocket.
Andrew Ford, prosecuting, said: “With no warning he broke into a run, wielding the knife, and randomly stabbed five members of the public.
“He caused widespread fear and panic among the general public visiting the Arndale Centre that day and a sense of pandemonium as people fled.”
This story is from the January 18, 2022 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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