Digital reporter Emma Downey outside Preston Crown Court reporting on the stabbing of a British Transport Police officer

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Digital reporter Emma Downey outside Preston Crown Court reporting on the stabbing of a British Transport Police officer. Russel Smith, 53, of Shakespeare Road, Preston, has been charged with one count of Attempted Murder and one count of Possession of a Bladed Article.

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00:00Hi, I'm Blanca Shreve, New Post reporter, Emma Downey, and I'm currently outside Preston

00:07Point Court where a 53-year-old Preston man is charged with one count of attempted murder

00:13of a British police transport officer after he was stabbed when Party in the Park was

00:19on, Radio 2 Party in the Park, last month. So Russell Smith of Shakespeare Road in Preston

00:26did not appear in court today, but a trial date has now been set for the 24th of February

00:312025 and he has been remanded in custody until then.

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