"I saw the blood running and it didn’t stop... I can't forget it"
10.04.2023 - 17:55
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Slumped on the floor watching his blood pour out, Tariq Sheik feared these would be his last moments.
The dad was scared would die after he was struck with a machete. He suffered horrific injuries when armed raiders Ricky Weatherson and Michael Quinn burst into his shop and threatened him before hitting him with the fearsome blade.
The blow was so forceful it shattered a bone in his shoulder and he was left bleeding on the shop floor. Five years on from the attack, Tariq has recalled the frightening episode to Chronicle Live.
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It has now been more than five years since the terrifying attack, which happened as Tariq was working at his family's business in Newcastle's West End. But the 43-year-old still suffers terrifying flashbacks of the incident.
Tariq said: "I can't forget it, I still get flashbacks, like it was yesterday. It will stay with me for the rest of my life."
Tariq was working alone at Ria Money, on Newcastle’s Westgate Road, when the violent raiders burst in, on February 19, 2018. The pair, whose faces were both concealed behind motorbike helmets, demanded money as one brandished a huge knife.
At first Tariq stood his ground. But when Tariq told Quinn he recognised his eyes he hit him on the shoulder with the machete.
Police arrived soon after the robbers had fled, and found Tariq seriously injured on the shop floor. And as blood poured from his open wound, the father-of-two admits he feared for his life.
After the robbers were jailed in 2018 he described the terrifying moments in which he feared he might die: “The police were holding my hand and trying to stop the blood. There was a lot of blood, my heartbeat was fast and my