A heroic mother has been stabbed seven times with scissors while protecting her 10-year-old son with a brain tumour during a random attack in Melbourne’s Docklands.
The 46-year-old woman suffered a broken leg, a busted eye and puncture wounds when she was allegedly attacked by 27-year-old Jerry Sowood outside police headquarters on Tuesday.
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The mother and son had travelled from Phillip Island to Melbourne for a brain scan appointment scheduled for Wednesday.
She told 7NEWS they were walking back to their hotel and were only metres away when they were allegedly set upon by Sowood.
The attack began when Sowood allegedly punched the 10-year-old boy in the face, prompting his mother to intervene to protect her son.
Jerry Sowood (left) has been charged over the attack. Credit: 7NEWS
Good Samaritans, including Brian Bradley, stepped in to help restrain the 27-year-old by making a citizen’s arrest.
“It’s just instinct, just what a man should be doing. Instead of picking up a phone and recording, it was just gut instinct to jump in and assist people in need,” Bradley said.
Sowood has been charged with affray, two counts of intentionally cause injury and unlawful assault, conduct endanger life and conduct endanger serious injury.
He made no application for bail on Wednesday afternoon and is refusing legal help.
A boy and a woman have been rushed to hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a man in Melbourne CBD. Credit: 7NEWS
He told the court: “I was in a mental state of mind and I did what I did. At least they’re both still breathing, you know, so I kept my humanity.”
Despite the ordeal, the 10-year-old still attended his brain scan appointment on Wednesday. His mother is recovering at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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