Nigerian John Onyenaychi Jailed For Life In UK for Attempted Murder

 

John Onyenaychi (left) has been jailed for life for trying to kill Pc Madden, (right)

Bloody aftermath: Onyenaychi slashed Pc Madden's throat with a knife in front of horrified onlookers

A knifeman who tried to kill two police officers while on licence from prison was jailed for life yesterday.

Nigerian John Onyenaychi, described as one of Britain’s most dangerous men, slashed PC Paul Madden’s throat with a Stanley knife in front of terrified commuters near a bus stop. The maniac lashed out at other officers and shouted: ‘Let me finish him off.’ 

 

PC Madden, 23, collapsed with wounds to his neck, throat and face and would have died within three minutes through blood loss. But he was spotted by Samad  Tadjkarimi, 65, a retired heart surgeon who applied pressure to his neck to keep him alive long enough to receive emergency surgery.

During his rampage in Ealing, west London, Onyenaychi stabbed Police Community Support Officer Piotr Dolata twice in the head as he tried to help. Mr Dolata, 27, needed 12 stitches.

 

PC Madden was also attacked and another PCSO, Steven Constable, was slashed twice but escaped serious injury because the thickness of his high-visibility jacket saved him.

Onyenaychi, of Stratford, east London, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. Judge Peter Beaumont, the Recorder of London, gave him two life sentences and ordered him to serve a minimum of 25 years after a nine-day trial at the Old Bailey.

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