October 1, 2008: Knife in the head

ZenGum · 09-30-2008, 09:21 AM

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This harrowing picture shows an X-ray of a 15-year-old boy's skull after a five inch knife was plunged into his head.

Amazingly the teenager survived the stabbing and ten months on from the attack has enrolled in college.

The boy and two other youngsters were attacked when they tried to stop a friend being robbed at a bus stop in Walworth, south London.

The muggers responded by using a kitchen knife to stab one of the boys in the forehead, another twice in the back and a third in the shoulder.

He survived because he was rushed to hospital with the knife still sticking out of his head and doctors managed to operate in time.

X-rays released by police show how deep the knife penetrated, while still missing the boy's brain. Surgeons said if anyone had tried to take it out he would have died.

The boy's two friends also recovered after the attack outside Tesco in the Old Kent Road on 28 November.

One of the muggers dropped a hat and his mobile at the scene and was arrested later at his home.

The boy, 17, was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court last week of attempted murder and two counts of GBH with intent.

He will be sentenced next month. Officers are still hunting the other two attackers.

Meanwhile, a 27-year-old man is in a serious condition after being stabbed repeatedly in Dudden Hill Lane in Willesden early today.

sweetwater · 09-30-2008, 10:01 AM

Good news for the victim, but if somebody stuck a 5 inch knife into my head and it missed my brain I think I'd be insulted. And if I wasn't sufficiently insulted then my siblings would take on the job.

glatt · 09-30-2008, 10:07 AM

I've never tried to stab anyone through the forehead, but I'd expect it would be difficult to control a knife in such a maneuver. I'm a little amazed that a knife could penetrate through a skull in the first place.

Sheldonrs · 09-30-2008, 10:10 AM

Wonder if the Ginsu company will cash in on this promotional opportunity.

Flint · 09-30-2008, 10:03 AM

Who the hell stabs somebody in the head?

birdclaw · 09-30-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Who the hell stabs somebody in the head?

Yeah really. Kinda like punching someone in the ear.

Trilby · 09-30-2008, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by birdclaw

Yeah really. Kinda like punching someone in the ear.

Earache my eye!

I know all you hippies will know who said that. Ya dumb hippies.

Nirvana · 09-30-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Earache my eye!

I know all you hippies will know who said that. Ya dumb hippies.

I must be a hippie! :p

Shawnee123 · 09-30-2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Who the hell stabs somebody in the head?

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Originally Posted by birdclaw

Yeah really. Kinda like punching someone in the ear.

Really...who throws a shoe?

Coign · 09-30-2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by birdclaw

Yeah really. Kinda like punching someone in the ear.

Not necessarily stabbing someone, but if you get into a knife fight cutting them across the forehead causes them to bleed profusely and hopefully into their eyes to give you both a psychological and tactical advantage in the fight.

Now losing your knife in someone else's head is the wrong way to get into a knife fight.

Flint · 09-30-2008, 10:08 AM

I think it entered the skin and curved around the outside of the skull.

glatt · 09-30-2008, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I think it entered the skin and curved around the outside of the skull.

Maybe. I'm no radiologist.

Shawnee123 · 09-30-2008, 10:14 AM

This reminds me of the story of Phineas Gage, which I learned about in some psych class. In 1848 an accident sent an iron pole through his skull. Because he survived it was a look into brain injuries as it relates to personality.

Fascinating stuff.

Look towards the bottom of the page on the right to see an artist depiction of the pole in the head. This is the image sparked when I saw zen's picture of the knife in the head.

glatt · 09-30-2008, 10:15 AM

Is he the guy that turned into a complete dick?

dar512 · 09-30-2008, 10:17 AM

Yes.

09-30-2008, 10:01 AM	#2
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Good news for the victim, but if somebody stuck a 5 inch knife into my head and it missed my brain I think I'd be insulted. And if I wasn't sufficiently insulted then my siblings would take on the job. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

09-30-2008, 10:10 AM	#4
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Wonder if the Ginsu company will cash in on this promotional opportunity. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

09-30-2008, 10:03 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Who the hell stabs somebody in the head? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-30-2008, 10:08 AM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I think it entered the skin and curved around the outside of the skull. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-30-2008, 10:14 AM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	This reminds me of the story of Phineas Gage, which I learned about in some psych class. In 1848 an accident sent an iron pole through his skull. Because he survived it was a look into brain injuries as it relates to personality. Fascinating stuff. Look towards the bottom of the page on the right to see an artist depiction of the pole in the head. This is the image sparked when I saw zen's picture of the knife in the head. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-30-2008, 10:07 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I've never tried to stab anyone through the forehead, but I'd expect it would be difficult to control a knife in such a maneuver. I'm a little amazed that a knife could penetrate through a skull in the first place.

09-30-2008, 10:15 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Is he the guy that turned into a complete dick?

09-30-2008, 10:17 AM	#15
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Yes. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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