PELINE NOT CROSS POLICELINE Disabled man stabbed to death after car rammed his electric wheelchair

A DISABLED father was killed when three men in a car rammed his electric wheelchair and set upon him with a Rambo knife, a witness said today.

- John Dunne and Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Jade Anthony Barnett died after being attacked in the street near his home in Clapton, east London, yesterday afternoon.

Witness Darren Thomas, 47, said: “I heard a bang and saw the car had hit the wheelchair. They rammed it again and he fell out. There were three in the car, two jumped out for the stabbing. Their faces weren’t covered.

“It happened outside the community boxing club where he hangs out. I’ve known him for years, a nice guy. Who attacks someone in a wheelchair? It’s just terrible.”

Police were called shortly after 3.30 pm yesterday afternoon to Rushmore Road, Clapton, and found Mr Barnett with a stab wound.

He was treated by London Ambulance Service paramedics but was pronounced dead at the scene.