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Mom Stabbed Defending Son from Brutal Attack
28 Aug
Summary
- Mother and son attacked outside police HQ in Melbourne.
- Son with brain cancer punched; mother stabbed multiple times.
- Mother calls for action amid rising violent crime concerns.
A Phillip Island mother, Cherie Holt, sustained multiple stab wounds and a broken leg after a violent assault in Melbourne's CBD. The 46-year-old was attacked with her 10-year-old son, who has a rare brain cancer, outside Victoria Police's Spencer Street headquarters. The alleged assailant, Jeremy Sowood, 27, first punched her son before turning on Holt.
Holt bravely shielded her children from further harm, enduring four stab wounds to her upper body. Nearby witnesses intervened, leading to Sowood's arrest. The family was in Melbourne for the child's medical treatment. Holt expressed gratitude to the witnesses and has called for increased government attention to the rise in violent crime, emphasizing that such violence should not be normalized.
