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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

Doctor stabbed nine times tells attacker: ‘I am not angry with you’

Dr Adam Towler
Dr Adam Towler said he felt ‘a sense of connection’ with his attacker. Photograph: Tess De La Mare/PA

A doctor who was stabbed nine times in a random, unprovoked attack has said he feels a “sense of connection” with his attacker, whom he told in court: “I am not upset or angry with you.”

Dr Adam Towler, a former trauma specialist from Bristol, drew praise from a judge who described his response to his disturbing attack in 2019 as “extraordinary”.

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