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London Bridge inquest: Victim came 'nose to nose' with attacker London Bridge inquest: Victim came 'nose to nose' with attacker
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The first person stabbed in the London Bridge attack has described how he came "nose to nose" with Khuram Butt, who shouted "Allahu Akbar" in his face before stabbing him in the back.The first person stabbed in the London Bridge attack has described how he came "nose to nose" with Khuram Butt, who shouted "Allahu Akbar" in his face before stabbing him in the back.
Richard Livett, who had been out watching football, first thought he had witnessed a road accident when he saw a van crash into railings two years ago.Richard Livett, who had been out watching football, first thought he had witnessed a road accident when he saw a van crash into railings two years ago.
He told an inquest he went to check on the occupants.He told an inquest he went to check on the occupants.
But in a "split second", his attacker's face was "an inch or so off", he said.But in a "split second", his attacker's face was "an inch or so off", he said.
"I felt what I thought initially was a punch in the back, which turned out to be him flailing his arm around the back of me and stabbing me," Mr Livett told the hearing at London's Old Bailey."I felt what I thought initially was a punch in the back, which turned out to be him flailing his arm around the back of me and stabbing me," Mr Livett told the hearing at London's Old Bailey.
He said that after looking at photographs, he could identify the man as Khuram Butt, one of the three attackers.He said that after looking at photographs, he could identify the man as Khuram Butt, one of the three attackers.
Mr Livett said after he was attacked, he slumped on the ground for a few seconds before deciding to get up and move away.Mr Livett said after he was attacked, he slumped on the ground for a few seconds before deciding to get up and move away.
"It was chaos all around. I was aware of screaming and shouting and people around me," he said."It was chaos all around. I was aware of screaming and shouting and people around me," he said.
"I think it was a personal mission to get help as quickly as I possibly could. I realised it was quite a serious blow I had taken.""I think it was a personal mission to get help as quickly as I possibly could. I realised it was quite a serious blow I had taken."
He went on to describe how he felt weak before he collapsed and banged on the locked door of the nearby Globe Tavern.
Some people, including a soldier and an off-duty doctor, came to his aid before he was helped back towards the bridge to receive medical attention, chief coroner Mark Lucraft QC was told.
Tears silence the hearing
BBC reporter Alice Evans, at the inquest
We heard tearful evidence from witnesses in court this morning.
Rasak Kalenikanse, a doorman at the Barrowboy and Banker pub on the night of the attacks, wept as he told the court about seeing the three knifemen launch a brutal attack on Sebastien Belanger.
The doorman put his hand over his face and shook with silent tears as he shared his memories.
The tapping of keyboards and shuffle of papers around the courtroom paused in respect for Mr Kalenikanse as he tried to gather himself.
He began speaking again but then dissolved into sobs once more - prompting the coroner to suggest the court take a break for a few minutes.
Mr Kalenikanse's emotional account is a reminder of how - as well as the people killed or injured on that awful night - there are countless more whose lives have been changed irrevocably for simply bearing witness to the attack.
The inquest into the deaths of eight victims has also been hearing from Rasak Kalenikanse, the doorman at the Barrowboy and Banker pub next to where the van crashed.The inquest into the deaths of eight victims has also been hearing from Rasak Kalenikanse, the doorman at the Barrowboy and Banker pub next to where the van crashed.
Mr Kalenikanse broke down in tears as he described seeing the three attackers standing with knives, while dead and injured people lay around them.Mr Kalenikanse broke down in tears as he described seeing the three attackers standing with knives, while dead and injured people lay around them.
He said he heard one of them say: "We are doing these things in the cause of Allah, you unbelievers."He said he heard one of them say: "We are doing these things in the cause of Allah, you unbelievers."