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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tess de La Mare

‘I’m bleeding’: 999 call of doctor stabbed on doorstep after thinking knock was Halloween prank

Avon and Somerset Police/PA

A doctor who was dragged out of his home and stabbed after answering the door thinking it was a Halloween prank calmly told 999 call handlers that he had been attacked.

Dr Adam Towler was stabbed just two centimetres away from his heart in an unprovoked attack at his home by 17-year-old Chanz Maximen – who has now been jailed for life.

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