A man who tried to kill a volunteer police officer by stabbing him in the back of the neck at a railway station in Lancashire has been jailed. Russell Smith, of Shakespeare Road, Preston ...

Special constable Gary Blackburn who was targeted by Smith on Preston railway station called him a “muderous” attacker and feared he was going to die. The blade missed the officer's spine by ...

The officer, who was telling two music fans how to get from Preston railway station to Moor Park for the Radio 2 in the Park festival, was approached from behind by Russel Smith. The 54-year-old ...

Russell Smith was told he must serve at least 18 years A man who tried to kill a volunteer police officer by stabbing him in the back of the neck at a railway station in Lancashire has been jailed.