Doctor would now like to meet the 17 year old who nearly stabbed him to death

 A doctor who was stabbed nine times by a 17-year-old has said he would like to meet his attacker if given the chance.

Dr Adam Towler was attacked by Chanz Maximen, now 19, when he randomly knocked on his door in Clifton, Bristol, in October 2019.

He pulled Towler into the road and knifed him repeatedly.

 Towler, 54, said he believed it would help to be able to talk to Maximen, who was given a life sentence on Wednesday.

He was the first of three people Maximen randomly targeted in the Clifton area at night in October and November 2019 before he was tracked down by police three weeks later.

Towler said:

“I owe it to him and he owes it to me – if he wants to meet, I owe it to him to listen, because the consequences of his actions on me and the other victims have been enormous.

“I would like to learn what he’s thinking – what he was thinking and what he does think, whatever that is, because it helps me.”

He’s never admitted his guilt but I felt there was a shift in his position in court on Wednesday, because he listened very attentively to my statement, he had good eye contact, that was more engagement than he has shown previously.”