Glasgow minicab attack: Witnesses tell of 'bloodbath' after knife violence which left driver and OAP fighting for their lives ANDY BURNS, 44, and Jean Evans, 68, suffered serious wounds after a man went on a knife rampage in Glasgow.A minicab driver and a pensioner were last night fighting for life in hospital after horrific violence exploded on a quiet street.
Andy Burns, 44, was stabbed before 68-year-old Jean Evans suffered serious knife wounds after going to help.
Their alleged assailant was also in hospital recovering from self-inflicted injuries after an apparent suicide attempt.
A passing hackney cab driver realised something was wrong when he saw the private hire car stopped at an angle in the street.
He then saw the driver struggle from the vehicle in Eastfield Avenue in Glasgow’s Cambuslang at around 8pm on Friday.
He said: “I went to do a U-turn intending to come back, block them and try to help.
“By the time I had done this, the victim had managed to get out of the car. He tried to break into a run but faltered and fell.
“At the same time, the other man attempted to get away having moved into the driver’s seat.
“But the car was stalling as he tried to get away.
“The driver I share my taxi with joined me and chased after him trying to get a registration.
“After I got the registration I phoned an ambulance and the police, everything. I was on to the police as I was chasing him.
“I then went back to the scene to see if the guy was all right but there were people there helping him already”
Dad-of-three Andy’s face was slashed and his neck stabbed while inside his car.
He also suffered injuries to his hands and body as he tried to defend himself from the attack.
The private hire car came to a halt a few hundred yards down the street where Jean was stabbed in the chest after she left her garden.
Her next door neighbour Maureen Kenny, 77, said she was watching television when she became aware of an incident outside.
She said: “The first I noticed was all the police cars, there were people all rushing about.
“I saw a neighbour come across with a duvet and then I went outside and saw Jean being stretchered into an ambulance.
“I asked police if her son knew what was happening and they asked me for his mobile number. I saw blood all down the path and then later realised she must have been trying to reach me to get help.
“Our back gardens are divided by a piece if wood and there was blood all over her side and less blood on my side.
“I felt awful. Jean was a good neighbour, but a very private woman.
“She lost her husband around five years ago. She would come in for a chat but I always asked her to family events and she never came.
“Her son Stephen still lived with her and she had two other boys. She was always working in her garden and I saw her in there around 6pm on Friday.
“I spoke to Stephen and he said she’s had surgery and the family is all still in shock.”
Maureen added: “She is retired now but used to run a cafe at the Barras.”
Neighbour Murray Wilson, 44, said: “I know two of the people who ran out to help the taxi driver and Jean. They’re both in a terrible state of shock.
“The taxi driver jumped out his car covered in blood and screamed for help from another neighbour who was sitting in his garden.”
Within an hour of the stabbing a 33-year-old man was detained by armed police two miles away in Lochbrae Drive.
Police said yesterday that they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attacks. It is unclear if there was any motive.
Andy, of Halfway, Lanarkshire, and Jean were taken to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride where doctors described their condition as critical but stable.
Yesterday, Andy was transferred to Monklands hospital in Airdrie.
Both the victims families were keeping a bedside vigil.
Neighbours who rushed from their homes to try to help the victims were in shock and being comforted by friends and other residents.
Megan Robertson and boyfriend Mark McQuillan, both 17, witnessed a man being taken away in an ambulance.
Megan said: “It was around 8pm and we heard noises and went out into the street.
“It was swarming with armed police and police with riot shields everywhere and there was an ambulance parked up. We could see an abandoned Z cars taxi, a silver Citreon Berlingo had just been abandoned in the street.
“A man was brought out on a chair by paramedics. He was wrapped in a blanket so we couldnt see what his injuries were.
“We just couldn’t believe it. You dont expect this on your doorstep. Once he was taken away, the street cleared pretty quickly.”
A police spokesman said: “Both injured victims were taken to Hairmyres Hospital.
“The 44 year old man sustained an injury to his neck and the 68-year-old woman sustained an injury to her chest.
“Both have been detained. Hospital staff describe their conditions as serious but stable.
“A 33 year old man has been taken to Glasgow Victoria Infirmary where he has been detained in a stable condition.
“Police Scotland officers are not looking for any further person in connection with this incident.”
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