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Watch: Machete-wielding knifeman hacks at random Tube passenger in 'horror movie' attack - The Telegraph

Watch: Machete-wielding knifeman hacks at random Tube passenger in 'horror movie' attack - The Telegraph

Watch: Machete-wielding knifeman hacks at random Tube passenger in 'horror movie' attack - The Telegraph
May 20, 2022 1 min, 27 secs

Panicked passengers toppled over each other as they fled through carriages when Ricky Morgan launched an unprovoked attack on James Porritt, the Old Bailey heard.

Morgan, 34, was heard to tell horrified onlookers: "This is not a terror attack, I only want him.".

Mr Porritt, who suffered a severe injury to his hand, told jurors it was like a "horror movie" and the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film Terminator.

Mr Porritt beamed and embraced a British Transport Police officer before leaving court.

Detective Sergeant Nick Thompson, of the British Transport Police, said: "This was a brutal and unprovoked attack.

Prosecutor Grace Ong had told jurors that Mr Porritt and Morgan were complete strangers.

She said: "This was, the prosecution say, a completely unprovoked attack on a commuter on the Jubilee line going about his daily business.".

Mr Porritt said he did not feel anything but saw the blood as Morgan smashed an object over his head.

He said: "He was just hitting me.

Pointing with the knife through the door, Morgan said: "I don't want anyone else, I just want him," the court heard.

Mr Porritt said it was "so surreal" to be targeted by a stranger on a rush-hour train.

He said he did not want anybody else, he just wanted me.

People were screaming but they could not hold Morgan off, and Mr Porritt added: "It was just terrifying.".

He was heard to say: "This is not a terrorist attack, I only want him.

Another passenger bravely tried to engage with Morgan and told him to "calm down", the court heard.

He also had an almost empty bottle of vodka in his rucksack, the court heard

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