A man stabbed 12 times in a vicious assault just metres away from a music festival has spoken about the lasting effects of the attack.
Stuart Newton spent the afternoon of Saturday, July 13 2019, at SonFest in Southport, a live music festival, with people he supported who had drug and alcohol issues. He said the day was going well up until a number of altercations between Colin Howard and strangers blighted the afternoon as Stuart needed to step in and ask Howard to calm down.
Later, at around 3.40pm, Howard approached the now 43-year-old and asked if he had forgiven him for kicking off, to which Stuart said yes before Howard stabbed him twice in the neck. Howard began to run from the scene before spotting Stuart still standing.
