Man stabbed during Southport attack describes his 'terror'

A man who tried to apprehend the Southport killer said he thought he was "dying at every stage" after being stabbed in a scene of "horror".

- Josh Halliday

Jonathan Hayes, speaking at the inquiry into the attack, told of his "terror" as he witnessed Axel Rudakubana wielding a bloodied 20cm kitchen knife.

"That quickly turned to horror as I witnessed critically injured children and began to realise what was happening. I grappled with the attacker and fell to the floor," he said.

"Initially I didn't even know I had been stabbed but when I looked down, I saw blood pouring out of my leg." Hayes, a businessman whose office was in the same building as the Taylor Swift-themed holiday club, said he thought Rudakubana might "finish me off" but instead colleagues came to his aid, using a makeshift tourniquet to stem the blood loss.

He said he was "pretty sure that saved my life" and that the pain was overwhelming.