A hero backpacker who tried to save the life of a fellow traveller during a "frenzied knife attack" died after being stabbed in the head.
LFC fan Tom Leslie Jackson, 30 from Congleton, died six days after he was critically injured as he tried to shield Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, from a knife attack at a hostel in Queensland, Australia. Almost six years on, an inquest into his death was held at Warrington Coroners Court yesterday, April 12, Cheshire Live reports.
The court heard how French backpacker Smail Ayad carried out the attack on both Tom and Miss Ayliff-Chung at the hostel in Home Hill, Queensland, on August 23, 2016. A coroner's report in Queensland stated that Mr Ayad was at the time 'psychotic and under the influence of cannabis', and as a result criminal proceedings were discontinued.
