The family of a man accused of a violent, sustained, and unprovoked knife attack at Leytonstone Tube station contacted police three weeks before the incident asking for help, it has emerged.

A 29-year-old man accused of a violent, sustained and unprovoked knife attack at Leytonstone Tube station has appeared in court.

A Wexford woman has told of the moment she came face-to-face with the man at the centre of a London Underground station attack.