Man stabbed while tackling Southport killer describes scene of ‘horror’

Jonathan Hayes said he felt the action of colleagues to apply a tourniquet to his leg probably saved his life Photograph: X

A man who tried to apprehend the Southport killer said he thought he was “dying at every stage” after being stabbed in a scene of “horror”.

Jonathan Hayes, speaking at the inquiry into the attack, told of his “terror” as he witnessed Axel Rudakubana wielding a bloodied 20cm kitchen knife.