The man who was repeatedly stabbed in a sickening, caught-on-camera attack that sparked riots in Northern Ireland lost his left eye in the near-beheading – as the Sudanese suspect was identified for the first time as he appeared in court Wednesday.
Stephen Ogilvie, thought to be 44, suffered injuries to both eyes after Sudanese migrant Hadi Alodid, 30, allegedly tried to behead him late Monday night, the Sun reported.
Barbaric video footage showed Ogilvie being pinned under the knifeman — with a horrified witness heard crying, “He’s trying to cut his head off. He’s slicing his head off.”
Alodid was identified for the first time as he appeared in a Belfast court Wednesday on charges of attempted murder and possessing a blade.
He was arrested minutes after the assault — and allegedly told emergency services, “I have killed someone. I don’t know if they are dead.”
A detective also said the suspect later also threatened medical staff treating him for a hand injury from the attack, telling them, “I will kill you,” according to the Sun.
The migrant — who reportedly exploited a legal loophole to get into the UK — is also accused of making a threat to kill a radiographer on the same day as Monday’s attack, the hearing was told.
Alodid appeared on video and stayed silent during the hearing. He was denied bail and will next appear in court on July 8.
The stabbing sparked riots across Northern Ireland Tuesday night – with masked protesters hurling petrol bombs at cops and setting homes and cars alight.
Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s First Minister, said “groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice,” branding it “outright thuggery.”
The barbaric attack was branded “medieval” by Democratic Unionist Party leader Gavin Robinson, who called for Alodid to be “convicted and deported on the first flight out.”
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