'I ALMOST DIED'
Liz Hurley’s nephew reveals he was millimetres from death when gang chased him down and stabbed him repeatedly in the back
LIZ Hurley's nephew has revealed he was millimetres from death after being stabbed repeatedly in the back by a gang of thugs.
Speaking for the first time since the horror attack, Miles Hurley, 21, recalls in graphic detail how he clung to life while lying under a van in a pool of his own blood.
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The model says he "had a guardian angel that night" after the knife narrowly missed his liver, spinal cord and - more importantly - a major artery.
His ordeal began as he drove back from an art exhibition in Vauxhaull, South London, with his friend Romell in March this year, when he was involved in a minor prang with another car.
Sitting in the driver's seat of his mum's beige Fiat 500, he indicated to the black hatchback to pull over but the five men in the vehicle began screaming and swearing,
Suddenly, one of the passengers threw a punch at Miles through an open window and realising it was "fight or flight," he jumped back in the car and sped off to the cries of "chase him, chase him".
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But the pair believed the only way to lose them was to give up the pursuit and hearts pounding they ditched the car and began running down back streets.
Seconds later, the men pulled up alongside them in a dark street and got out, circling them and even threatened to abduct them.
Miles told the : "I tried to talk my way out of it and said something like, 'So are we going to exchange insurance details?'. He said: 'Nah, actually. You can give me your car keys and get in the f****** boot'".
He told how the aggressor tried to grab the keys from his pocket, before putting his hands around his neck and tried to force him into the boot.
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Miles was pushed against the car with his back to the gang, when he felt an aggressive shove - which he later found out was a knife - but says he "felt no pain".
Romell screamed at Miles to run and the pair made it 200 yards around the corner when they threw themselves under a parked van as the thugs piled back into their own car.
Miles said: "I closed my eyes and heard the car screeching down the middle of the road and knew I couldn’t get up. I started feeling around and found a big pool of blood."
He recalled he looked up and saw a tall man, who was on the phone to 999, and who gave him his jumper to put pressure on the wound.
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By the time emergency services arrived five minutes later, Miles was drifting in and out of consciousness.
He said: ‘I wasn’t thinking how I was going to die. I knew people didn’t die instantly from stab wounds because the adrenaline keeps you alive. So I just kept wiggling my toes, kept calm and tried to keep my heart rate low."
When Miles got to St George's Hospital it was his Auntie Elizabeth, who he affectionately refers to as "Minx", that he called - worried his mum would try to drive through the night from Herefordshire.
He said Liz thought he was drunk and called him a "pest" but when he told her he had been stabbed she "freaked out" and rushed back from New York - cancelling a number of work engagements.
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Her older sister Katie Hurley, 54, was by her son's side the following day and doctors found he had been extremely fortunate as the knife had missed a major artery "by millimetres".
They also told him his thick leather jacket had likely saved his life as it had absorbed some of the blow.
Miles has been recovering from his wound - which needed 13 stitches and stretches across his spine on his lower back - at his Liz's £6million Herefordshire estate.
Romell, a student at Bristol University, was stabbed in the ribs but also escaped serious injury, and spent the first two weeks after the attack at the Hurley's home.
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A month on, Miles says he struggles to sleep at night and remains wary about coming back to London as his attackers remain at large.
He said his aunt has been "incredible" and checks in with his everyday.
The pair are determined to do more to support prevention strategies of knife crime and say they're keen to get involved in a pressure group.
Police continue to hunt for the men responsible and recently released CCTV from the assault, but are yet to make any arrests.
Miles says the thugs are always on his mind and he's prepared to go to court to make sure they "reap the consequences for what they did".
Model Miles Hurley, nephew of Liz Hurley, stabbed repeatedly on Thursday in south London
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