Gang Stab Christian Hero as He Protects Children; Youth Worker Fights for Life after Attack at Anti-Crime Event
Byline: Peter Dominiczak and Justin Davenport
A YOUTH worker is fighting for life after he was stabbed while protecting a group of children from a gang.
The 43-year-old father of four, named by friends as Simon Somerville, was attacked outside a Christian anti-crime event at the Albany Theatre in Deptford.
Today his brother-in-law, Pastor Eddie Hypolite, told the Standard that Mr Somerville was "a hero" who had shielded the children from a violent gang. The church-going former amateur boxing champion was stabbed several times in the stomach and chest and police are investigating the possibility that more than one of the attackers was armed with a knife. …
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Article title: Gang Stab Christian Hero as He Protects Children; Youth Worker Fights for Life after Attack at Anti-Crime Event.
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Newspaper title: The Evening Standard (London, England).
Publication date: October 30, 2009.
Page number: 1.
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