‘Feeling incredibly proud’: Home and Away star Anna Bamford reveals her DAD is the heroic but humble lawyer who saved lives by confronting the Sydney knifeman with a chair
- John Bamford confronted alleged Sydney knifeman with a chair on Tuesday
- Mr Bamford, a Sydney lawyer, is the father of Australian actress Anna Bamford
- Ms Bamford wrote on Instagram she felt ‘incredibly proud’ of her humble dad
- The 29-year-old actress has appeared in Home and Away and Underbelly Files
The heroic lawyer who chased the Sydney knifeman with a chair has been revealed as the father of Australian actress Anna Bamford.
John Bamford was seen wielding a chair as he confronted alleged knifeman Mert Ney, 20, in Sydney’s CBD on Tuesday .
The 29-year-old former Home and Away actress confirmed on Instagram she is the daughter of Mr Bamford.
The heroic lawyer who chased the Sydney knifeman with a chair has been revealed as the father of Australian actress Anna Bamford (pictured at the AACTA Awards Luncheon in 2015)
‘Feeling incredibly proud of my dad,’ she wrote on a picture of Mr Bamford bravely confronting the alleged killer with a chair.
The image as shared to Twitter by one of Ms Bamford’s friends saying: ‘If you had to raise Anna Bamford you’d be this brave too’.
Ms Bamford, who is now based in New York, grew up in Sydney and studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
The 29-year-old former Home and Away actress confirmed on Instagram she is the daughter of the humble lawyer (left)
She also starred in Channel 10’s ‘Wonderland’, about an apartment block in Bondi, 2013.
Ms Bamford also appeared in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and starred in Home and Away as Jeannie Woods in 2016.
She also had small roles in Underbelly Files: Chopper and Here Come the Habibs!.
In photos posted to Instagram, the actress shared happy snaps celebrating Mr Bamford’s birthday in 2016.
She also shared a throwback picture of the pair to mark the date in 2017, writing: ‘Happy Aussie Birthday to my DAD! teaching me what’s what from day dot #likehowtoholdmyteacup #numberonedude’.
Ms Bamford was cast in Wonderland, a TV series about an apartment block in Bondi which aired on Channel 10 in 2013
Ms Bamford appeared in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and starred in Home and Away as Jeannie Woods in 2016 (pictured on Home and Away)
Speaking to Sunrise on Wednesday, Mr Bamford said he had no other option but to try to stop the attacker.
‘What am I going to do? Go home and say I could have done something but I didn’t?’ he said.
‘He wasn’t going to frighten me.’
‘Shortly after I grabbed the chair he’d already stabbed the woman… so I had no other choice.’
Lawyer John Bamford (right) heroically used a wicker chair to keep at bay the alleged Sydney knifeman (pictured left)
Even when Ney allegedly claimed he had a bomb in his bag, Mr Bamford refused to flee. Mr Bamford said he did not believe he had a bomb as the bag was unzipped.
Ney is accused of killing Michaela Dunn, 24 in a Clarence Street apartment before stabbing Linda Bo, 41, in the back.
The alleged rampage ended when Ney was pinned to the ground at Wynyard Park.
Mr Bamford has been widely praised for his bravery.
In photos posted to Instagram, the actress shared happy snaps celebrating Mr Bamford’s birthday in 2016
Ms Bamford shared a throwback picture of the pair to mark the date in 2017, writing: ‘Happy Aussie Birthday to my DAD! teaching me what’s what from day dot #likehowtoholdmyteacup #numberonedude’