John Rogers

I was walking the dog towards a cycle path just down there.

I turned right onto the cycle path which slopes initially when you get on it and I suddenly felt what I thought was a really heavy punch in the small of my back.

And then I turned round.

I thought it was probably one of my mates or neighbours messing about, you know.

And when I turned round, I saw this woman.

And she just kept stabbing me in the chest.

And I got the dog with me.

And because it slopes down and the force of the blows

I was being pushed backwards all the time.

So I let the dog go, thinking that he would run off, but he didn't.

And then I fell backwards onto a grass verge, which is just by the cycle path.

She carried on stabbing me.

She said something to the effect of, my boyfriend told me to do this.

And she also said, oh, look, you're bleeding.

I'd better do some more.

I think I said, just leave me alone, please.

Please leave me alone.

But she didn't.

She just carried on.

Well, I couldn't really see much of her face, but she was very kind of, like I said, in court, very sort of matter-of-fact about it all.