Maida Vale ‘vigilante’ slams murder charge

Maida Vale ‘vigilante’ slams murder charge. The vigilante has revealed that his instant thought “was to protect her.”
The shocking events unfolded in West London’s Maida Vale. 43-year-old Wafah Chkaifi was stabbed multiple times by 41-year-old Leon McCaskie. She had been dropping her children off at school when her ex viciously attacked her.
A 26-year-old driver ran over McCaskie. The driver known only as Abraham was arrested by the police on suspicion of murder. He has since been released on bail.
The driver explained: “I am a person of good character. I have never been arrested before in my life.
“I witnessed a man repeatedly stabbing a defenceless woman on the pavement a short distance in front of my car.
“Members of the public were attempting to intervene. The attacker was wielding a knife and was threatening those brave citizens too.
“I am deeply sorry that the man I tried to stop from attacking other people has died. It was never my intention to harm him, I just wanted to shop him from hurting anybody further.
“My only regret is that god did not allow me to be present at the scene sooner so that my intervention may have saved the life of the young woman concerned.”
A petition to back the “hero” driver has already been signed by thousands of people.
Abraham explained how he had tried to protect the woman. He said: “My instant thought was to protect the woman who had been stabbed and the public who were also being threatened.
“The vehicles ahead of me moved off which gave me the opportunity to intervene.
“I drove my vehicle towards the attacker in order to get him away from the woman he was attacking.
“I did not intend to harm the attacker, I only intended to protect those being attacked. My vehicle struck the attacker, and he was taken under my car causing it to stall, I could not reverse my car to free him.
“I and other passers-by attempted to lift the car away from the attacker so we could provide the man with first aid. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful in this.
“I understand that the police are doing their job and my being arrested is not unusual.”
Abraham has called on the police to treat him as a witness rather than a murder suspect.
He said: “However, I do not see why I as the person who tried to assist in the defence of other human beings remain arrested and on bail under suspicion of murder.
“I have asked my solicitor to contact the Metropolitan Police to request that they consider de-arresting me and begin treating me as a witness to a tragic event rather than as a criminal as they currently are.
“I am a family man and wish to keep my family protected from these ill-fated events.”

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