Ray Winstone reveals his nephew was left ‘close to death’ after being stabbed
ACTOR Ray Winstone has revealed his nephew was left “close to death” after being stabbed.
The film tough guy, 67, said doctors saved the young man’s life.
Ray — star of Sexy Beast and Nil By Mouth — told of the ordeal at the London launch of a director’s cut of a documentary called (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story.
It tells of Harry Potter actor Rob — murdered at 18 trying to protect his brother from a knifeman.
Ray said: “I don’t know how many families in the country it’s touched, but it’s touched my family.
“I had a nephew who was attacked, stabbed, was very close to death and was saved by the London Hospital.”
He added: “I don’t remember this being a problem when I was a kid, where has it come from?”
Anti-knife crime campaigner Ray is also backing calls for the documentary to be shown in schools.
He added: “If it changes one person’s mind in one school, it’s done its job.
“And that’s why it’s more important really than going to a screening here, it’s got to be to the new generation, the kids that are coming through.”
- (K)nox is streaming on ITVX.