The Detectives: Who was Cameron Brooksbank and what happened to him after the Rochdale axe attack?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBBC crime documentary The Detectives continues on Tuesday night as cameras follow Greater Manchester Police’s dedicated organised crime unit in Rochdale.
During the three-part series, DS Martin Soutter attempted to bring down the Adam gang — based on the Newbold Estate in the town.
Episode one of the show sees officers grapple with a horrific axe attack which happened on October 17, 2017. That brutal incident features again in episode two, where a trial collapses.
The victim of the stabbing was Cameron Brooksbank, a then-18-year-old tree surgeon working nearby. He was struck by an axe in the armpit, and then on the wrist as he tried to shield his head from another blow. READ MORE: 'They've cut my mate's hand off': The horrifying gang violence which blighted Rochdale READ MORE: The Detectives: Who was Skinny and what happened to him after the Rochdale axe attack? Cameron’s hand was partially reattached, but then required a further five surgeries in the two years since the attack just to maintain 60 percent use of his arm.
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