Shocking footage shows a hero dad wrestling a knife off a man in a restaurant. Julius Cools dedicated his brave actions to his 14-year-old-son, Jermaine, who was stabbed to death last year, reports MyLondon.
Julius claims the man entered his Caribbean food shop in London and approached a teenage girl already in the shop. The business owner, who owns Cools Kitchen, then alleges that the hooded figure told the teen: "I'm going to stab you".
The brave restaurateur then put himself between the pair, with footage showing him wrestling with the man. The two men knocked over tables and chairs in the establishment during the struggle.
However, the father came out on top in the end taking a knife off the hooded figure. The man demanded back his huge blade but was refused by the business owner.
Julius said : "When he came in I thought they were friends at first but then he threatened her saying 'I'm going to stab you'. She was a teenager, maybe 16-years-old. I realised it was a problem and put myself between them and that's when I saw he had a knife at his waist.
"I don't know how but I tried to get the knife off him. I know he could have stabbed me, he could have stabbed but I didn't care my only thought was to protect this girl.
"I'm not scared of nothing, since my son was killed nothing can scare me."
The knifeman, now without his weapon, vacated the store. Julius says he is proud of his actions but was left wishing someone had stepped up similarly to prevent the death of his child.
Jermaine was fatally stabbed in November 2021 near West Croydon Station. Julius said: "When my son was killed there were people all around, passer-by.
"It's a horrible world we live in where nobody tries to help a 14-year-old boy."
After the recent incident, Julius claims that the police didn't seem interested in even looking at the CCTV footage and the knifeman is still at large. He said: "Police came and I asked them to watch the video but they were not interested.
"They were leaving and I asked them to at least take the knife. So they did and left."
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: "Police were called at approximately 4.20pm on Friday, October 21 to reports of a male in possession of a knife who had entered a restaurant in Portland Road, SE25.
"Officers attended but the male had left the scene. The occupant in the shop was spoken to – he was not injured. He did not wish to engage with police but advised the incident had been captured on CCTV.
"CCTV of the incident was viewed but the male could not be identified. At this time the investigation is closed but any further information will be assessed and investigated accordingly."
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