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Wisbech attackers 'fought off by landlord holding chips' | Wisbech attackers 'fought off by landlord holding chips' |
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A pub landlord trained in martial arts has said he fought off four attackers without dropping his fish and chips. | A pub landlord trained in martial arts has said he fought off four attackers without dropping his fish and chips. |
John Wood, 37, said he was stabbed with a screwdriver while walking back to his car from Frank's fish and chip shop in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. | John Wood, 37, said he was stabbed with a screwdriver while walking back to his car from Frank's fish and chip shop in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. |
Mr Wood, who runs a pub in Marshland St James in Norfolk, said he "disabled" two men by kicking them in the knees. | Mr Wood, who runs a pub in Marshland St James in Norfolk, said he "disabled" two men by kicking them in the knees. |
He said by coincidence his fiancee texted him while the robbery was happening, urging him to be careful. | He said by coincidence his fiancee texted him while the robbery was happening, urging him to be careful. |
'Dangerous out there' | 'Dangerous out there' |
Mr Wood, who learned the Japanese art of aikido as a teenager, said he was approached by four young men on Thursday as he walked down an alleyway close to Lynn Road at about 21:00 GMT. | |
"They said, 'We want your wallet' and then my phone rang and they said, 'We'll have your phone as well'," he said. | |
"The irony was it was my fiancee who messaged me saying, 'be careful - it's dangerous out there'. | "The irony was it was my fiancee who messaged me saying, 'be careful - it's dangerous out there'. |
"I said, 'If you want it, you'll have to come and get it'."He said he managed to kick the first two men in the knees and, using one hand, fought off the third. | |
A fourth man then stabbed him in his chest but he said he wrestled the screwdriver off him before throwing it away. | A fourth man then stabbed him in his chest but he said he wrestled the screwdriver off him before throwing it away. |
'Really scary' | 'Really scary' |
Mr Wood said he drove home and ate his fish and chips - which he managed to keep in one hand the whole time without dropping anything - before telling his partner about the incident. | Mr Wood said he drove home and ate his fish and chips - which he managed to keep in one hand the whole time without dropping anything - before telling his partner about the incident. |
"I do feel lucky - if they had stabbed me one inch over it would have hit my liver and my lung and someone would have found me bleeding in an alleyway instead," he said. | "I do feel lucky - if they had stabbed me one inch over it would have hit my liver and my lung and someone would have found me bleeding in an alleyway instead," he said. |
His fiancee Claire Upton said: "I texted him because it was dark and you do worry about these things, but you don't expect them to happen to someone you know. | His fiancee Claire Upton said: "I texted him because it was dark and you do worry about these things, but you don't expect them to happen to someone you know. |
"It wasn't bleeding profusely and he refused to go to hospital but he eventually drove himself there because he said it felt odd. It was really scary." | "It wasn't bleeding profusely and he refused to go to hospital but he eventually drove himself there because he said it felt odd. It was really scary." |
Cambridgeshire Police said they were contacted by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn to say Mr Wood had been stabbed and have appealed for witnesses. | Cambridgeshire Police said they were contacted by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn to say Mr Wood had been stabbed and have appealed for witnesses. |
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