'I tried to help an innocent man and I got stabbed'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man on his way to work who bravely decided to intervene when he saw someone being robbed was brutally attacked. The man was cycling along Rochdale Road towards Manchester city centre when he spotted two men cycling towards him.
The pair - one of whom was Thomas Wimbleton - stopped at a junction behind him before turning their attention to a Deliveroo driver riding behind him on an electric bike.
As the delivery driver got closer, Wimbleton and the other unknown man threw a bicycle at him, causing him to fall off his bike.
Producing a large kitchen knife, Wimbleton and the man went to steal the bike. READ MORE: Family of murdered Kennie Carter, 16, stare down 'laughing' killers in court as they learn their fate Watching in horror, the man then rode his bike at the two men crashing into them.
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