The Uxbridge knife attack that killed Wayne Broadhurst leads the Manchester Evening News
The court report from London drew hundreds of comments within half a day, on a channel where a new video usually gathers a few dozen in its first day.
Manchester Evening NewsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 80,561 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (4,732).
Afghan refugee LOCKED UP for stabbing dog walker 14 times in KNIFE SPREE
"Afghan refugee LOCKED UP for stabbing dog walker 14 times in KNIFE SPREE" is a court report from west London, posted on the Manchester Evening News channel. It passed 50,000 views in its first 12 hours. A new video on the channel usually ends its whole first day below 5,000.
The case is the death of Wayne Broadhurst, a 49-year-old council street cleaner who was out walking his dog in October last year. According to the description, the attack began at the attacker's home in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, where his landlord was also wounded, before it reached the street. The man, described in the title as an Afghan refugee, has been locked up indefinitely. The tags name the judge, Mrs Justice Cutts, and point to CCTV footage.
The comment section moved far faster than usual. Most commenters focus on the outcome, asking why the case ended in manslaughter rather than murder, and many turn to asylum and immigration policy.
The channel's other uploads from the same day, from the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham to the US bombers leaving RAF Fairford, stayed in the low thousands.
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- Channel
- Manchester Evening News
- Subscribers
- 144,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 973,206
- Channel views, pace per day
- 32,482 (on a normal day: 110,392)
- Video published
- October 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 53,947 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 80,561
The numbers
A court report from outside Greater Manchester opened far faster than the channel's usual videos, and its comment section filled up faster still.
