Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A female police officer was saved by her lip balm as she bravely helped to subdue a rampaging knifeman who tried to stab her.
Her colleague was slashed eight times in his leg as the pair stopped 25-year-old Mahar Mansour with another officer. They had rushed to Harpurhey in the early hours, after receiving reports he was armed with a knife and damaging cars. READ MORE: Trans woman hits out after Northern Rail officer 'repeatedly misgendered her' at Manchester Piccadilly She suffered cuts and soreness but miraculously avoided more serious injury after the Vaseline she had in her pocket took the brunt, as Mansour swung his arms at her while armed
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