This is the horrifying moment an American tourist was brutally stabbed eight times inside of a Birmingham takeaway.
The victim, from Chicago and aged 20, had been on a night out with a family member before heading to a takeaway in Smallbrook Queensway in Birmingham City Centre on May 18.
Carlito Fearon and Warren Johnson, both 21, stormed into the takeaway at about 3am and squared up to the American.
CCTV footage showed Johnson slipping Fearon a knife and he used it to stab the American eight times.
Knifeman Fearon stormed into takeaway Rod Joj and barged his way to the front of the queue to confront staff over a previous food order.
The angry men threatened customers before turning their attention to the 20-year-old after noticing he was American.
Johnson approached Fearon to discretely pass him the knife and moments later he squared-up to the victim nose-to-nose.
Fearon then quickly stabs the victim eight times in the side.
Johnson also joined in to headbutt the tourist and throw a few punches before they both fled – but not before Fearon calmly collected his takeaway from the counter.
The tourist was potentially saved from death by a passing off-duty paramedic who gave him first aid and stemmed the bleeding.
Both attackers denied attempted murder but Fearon was jailed for 18 years having been found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday.
Carlito Fearon (left) and friend Warren Johnson (right), both 21, were seen storming into a takeaway in Birmingham at around 3am and threatening customers
He will serve a minimum of 12 years and be bound by an extended five-year licence period upon his release.
Johnson was cleared of attempted murder but found guilty of wounding and was jailed for 14 years.
He will serve a minimum of nine years and four months.
West Midlands Police detectives used CCTV footage to track the attackers down.
Fearon was spotted after the attack on camera at a nearby McDonald’s before heading towards his home address in Benmore Avenue in Edgbaston.
Fearon could be seen angrily squaring up to the American tourist, 20 and from Chicago, before being slipped a knife by Johnson
West Midlands Police released CCTV from the night which prompted information from members of the public naming the two as suspects.
A morning raid on Fearon’s Edgbaston flat on May 24 found him hiding in a wardrobe.
Johnson’s home on Kellett Road in Nechells was also raided.
Trousers and shoes were recovered from Fearon’s flat matching those worn by the knifeman, while a key witness in the fish shop picked out both men.
Both men refused to co-operate with investigators and stayed silent during interviews but officers had enough evidence to charge them with attempted murder.
Fearon brutally stabbed the tourist eight times in the side before calmly collecting his takeaway from the counter
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Ed Ketterer, said: ‘This was a savage attack that could easily have proved to be fatal and shows how minor spats can quickly escalate into very serious incidents when people carry knives.
‘Fearon initially went into the shop angry at a food order he’d received yet within just a few minutes we’ve gone from that to a man fighting for his life.
In a statement written by the victim he thanked West Midlands Police for ‘leaving no stone unturned’ in their efforts to trace the attackers and secure convictions.
He also thanked the Birmingham community for helping to catch them and thanked the off-duty paramedic.
He added: ‘I hope the lesson to be learned from this is that carrying a knife, even out of a misplaced notion of self-defence, is an act of extreme danger and misjudgement and it has cost these young men their liberty for a long time. I hope they are able to reflect on this and eventually rebuild their lives as I am doing with mine.’