I'm sorry for stabbing street star, says knifeman

The man who stabbed Coronation Street's John Savident says he is sorry for everything he has done.

He says he was "scared" to think he could have killed the actor.

Michael Smith is now serving life in prison for two other violent robberies he committed since attacking Savident, better known as TV butcher Fred Elliott.

He was speaking for the first time of how he attacked the actor, leaving him bleeding profusely in his luxury Manchester home in December 2000.

And the 30-year-old father-of-one, who has more than 60 previous convictions, apologised for all his crimes.