16 years ago today, former Beatles member George Harrison was attacked by an intruder intent on robbery, in his home at Henley-Upon-Thames, near London. At about 3:00 a.m., Michael Abram, a 33 year old Liverpudlian, stabbed 56-year-old Harrison four times in the chest.

With the help of wife Olivia and son Dhani, Abram was hit over the head with a lamp and then detained until police arrived. The couple was transported to a nearby hospital where both soon recovered without incident.

Harrison suffered a collapsed lung but eventually recovered from the wound. Abram would later be found not guilty by reason of insanity and less than two years after his trial, was given a conditional discharge.

Oh, he’s stabbing people because he’s crazy…. Sure, turn him loose….

It happened on December 30, 1999.

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