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胖子被捅38刀依然坚强

　　A computer analyst stabbed 38 times and left for dead survived because he was overweight。

　　Danny Ross, 44, required 70 stitches after he was strangled with a belt then knifed dozens of times in his home。

　　David Johnson, 33, was yesterday convicted of attempted murder at Exeter Crown Court. He will be sentenced later today。

　　Johnson then launched a frenzied attack by first using his belt to throttle his victim until he passed out。

　　He then stabbed Mr Ross 38 times with a kitchen knife。

　　Mr Ross told the jury: 'He started to get violent. He got out a belt and put it round my throat. In seconds I was unconscious.'

　　He next remembers trying to stand up, stumbling and screaming in pain, and leaving bloody hand prints on the walls in his flat。

　　He woke up in hospital several hours later and was told about the extent of his injuries。

　　Mr Ross said: 'After I saw the photographs the police took I couldn't believe it. If I had been thinner I would have been dead。

　　'The medical staff tried to be tactful in the way they described it but I am heavier than I would like to be and they said it was that extra weight that saved my life.'

　　Johnson, from Exwick, Exeter, later told a friend after the attack: 'I killed him, get over it.'

　　Mr Ross couldhave bled to death but a third man who had been in the flat at the start of the row before the stabbing began, called an ambulance when he heard Johnson's murderous boasts。

　　During his trial, Johnson claimed that Mr Ross had wounded himself as part of a compensation claim fiddle。

　　Despite his injuries, Mr Ross said he hoped his attacker, who he knew but did not get on with, 'gets the treatment he needs'。

　　The victim said: 'You must be so full of hate to stab someone 38 times. He thought he had killed me and definitely meant to.'

凶手大卫-乔纳森

　　凶手：大卫-乔纳森(David Johnson)33岁，被指控谋杀未遂，正在英国埃克塞特法院受审，几天后将被判决。

　　事件的经过是这样的——

　　去年8月，罗斯先生正在家中看电视，看的好好的突然门外传来一阵猛烈的敲门声“咚咚咚，咚咚咚！”罗斯先生去应门，乔纳森进门指着罗斯就说他偷了他家人的钱。之后乔纳森发动了第一波攻击，他抽出自己的裤腰带就去勒罗斯先生的脖子，直到罗斯先生失去了知觉。之后乔纳森发动了第二波攻击，他朝着罗斯先生连捅了38刀。

　　罗斯先生对陪审团说：“他进门后变得越来越暴力，用腰带勒住我的脖子，几秒之后我就昏倒了，当我醒过来时，我已经满身是血，我手上的血迹沾满了墙壁。”

　　在医院醒过来时，医生告诉了罗斯先生他的伤情，罗斯先生简直不敢直视这些照片，他说：“我要是个瘦子我肯定就玩完了。医护人员描述伤势的时候可能有些开玩笑，但我确实比较胖，他们说是我多余的赘肉救了我的命。”

　　乔纳森事后告诉他一个朋友他杀了人，一切都过去了。

　　而事发时，是在同一个公寓的路人甲听到了乔纳森洋洋得意的吹嘘自己的杀人事迹，于是打电话叫了救护车，要不然罗斯先生很可能会流血过多而死。

　　另外，罗斯先生是一名计算机分析员。