LONDON: Two teenagers who chased a young man into a station then stabbed him as he sought safety on a waiting train have been jailed.
The victim, aged in his late teens, was stabbed six times to the neck, chest and leg by attackers wielding a machete. An off-duty nurse and a member of St Johns Ambulance came to the man’s aid — and he survived the attack in Southend, Essex on October 22 last year.
Abdi Hashi, 19, of Grange Farm Close, Harrow, and a 17-year-old boy from Southend — who cannot be named — were found guilty at Basildon Crown Court of grievous bodily harm and both were sentenced.
Hashi was jailed for 13 years and the 17-year-old was jailed for eight years and six months, British Transport Police said. CCTV footage showed two attackers chasing the victim through the streets and into Westcliff-on-Sea station. They were joined by Hashi at the station, who was seen in the footage wearing a black and red tracksuit. All three cornered the victim on a waiting train and stabbed him.
He underwent emergency surgery at a London hospital and spent the next two weeks in hospital. Hashi and the 17-year-old were convicted and jailed but the third teenager, seen wearing a grey coat in the footage, was not identified. The victim had been chased from a nearby takeaway.
The 17-year-old was seen in CCTV holding a knife as he ran after his victim alongside the unidentified teenager.
Hashi was seen joining the group at the station, throwing his bike aside at the entrance and running in. All three fled the train when it arrived at another stop. Hashi and the 17-year-old were tracked down and arrested a week later at their home addresses.
DCI Sam Blackburn of the British Transport Police said: “It’s very fortunate that this attack did not result in a death; and it’s a testament to the professionalism and skill of the attending medics that the young victim will live another day. The victim and his attackers were known to each other and the incident itself is believed to have been gang related.
“Nevertheless, this was a vicious assault which is thankfully something we rarely experience on the rail network. Both attackers will now serve a substantial period of their adult lives in jail, and I hope the severity of their sentences will force them to question their violent behaviour.”
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