Man, 20, handed hospital order after unprovoked stabbing outside Cambridge petrol station

A man who stabbed his victim outside a petrol station in Cambridge in an unprovoked attack has been handed a hospital order.

Ibrahim Hazell, 20, from Cambridge, was given the order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday (2 April).

At a previous hearing at the same court, Hazell pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

The victim, a man in his 40s, was buying a pint of milk from the outside night till at the BP garage, in Cherry Hinton Road, in the early hours of 5 April last year, when Hazell walked up behind him, pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the back.

Hazell ran away from the scene and was later identified following a public CCTV appeal.

The victim was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he was treated for a stab wound to the lower back and multiple internal injuries.

An additional section 41 restriction means Hazell can only be discharged from hospital if the justice secretary agrees.

Det Con Alex Galan-Tarachiu said: “This was a completely unprovoked attack which initially left the victim in a critical condition. I hope the sentence provides some reassurance to the victim.”