The man accused of going on a stabbing rampage in southern Sydney on Sunday has been identified.
Police have confirmed Antony Benson, 58, is the man who allegedly slashed his partner in his car with a box cutter and attacked five others who came to the woman’s aid, including a police officer.
Several bystanders stepped in to help subdue the alleged attacker Antony Benson and help the injured woman in the car.Credit: Nine News
Government sources show he has lived in Sutherland and in the city’s west.
On Monday afternoon police charged Benson with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder his partner, wounding a person with the intent to resist arrest, reckless wounding, and dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
He was also charged with failing to stop and render assistance after a crash causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray and hindering a police officer.
Benson will appear at Sutherland Local Court on Monday afternoon.
CCTV shows Benson allegedly driving on the wrong side of Old Bush Road before he sped through an intersection and hit a blue sedan on the highway at about 9am on Sunday.
He then allegedly attacked his 40-year-old partner with a box cutter as bystanders attempted to intervene.