A knife-wielding convicted sex offender slashed a boy’s throat on a city region bus.
The CCTV image was taken as part of a series of CCTV clips from the vehicle that captured the attack on a Palacefields to Brookvale service in Runcorn on May 8 last year. Chester Crown Court heard on Friday how Hamid Akhonzada, 26, of Liskeard Close, Brookvale, launched the “unprovoked” attack after claiming to have heard voices telling him to stab someone during the journey - but that he also told a probation officer he left his home that day wanting to “stab” someone.
Dafydd Roberts, prosecuting, said Akhonzada sat on the row of seats behind his 17-year-old victim, grabbed the youth by the hair, “held his head back and drew a bladed article described as a steak knife across the throat”. The youth tried to fight back and evade the assault as other passengers reeled in shock.
