Dramatic footage shows moment police catch man who stabbed victim in the chest after month on the run

Footage issued by Greater Manchester Police shows the dramatic moment a knifeman was caught and arrested after more than a month on the run.

Akeam Hibbert, 25, has been jailed for 11 years after stabbing his victim in the chest with a kitchen knife. After evading police for more than a month after the stabbing, the manhunt escalated before a dramatic arrest.

The footage shows a police car rushing to a scene, with a voice on a radio sharing information on a man who has 'stabbed somebody in the chest'. The video then shows police pulling on the door handles and shouting 'open the door' to a man inside a black car, which has been pulled over to the side of the road.

The footage then shows Hibbert in handcuffs in the back of a car.

Hibbert, of Bolton, was handed an 11-year sentence today (February 14) after he stabbed a man in Longsight in May 2024. On May 17, 2024, four men were present at an address on Slade Lane where they were chatting, drinking and smoking in the kitchen for a couple of hours before they got into a verbal dispute, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have said.

‌During the altercation, Hibbert made threats to stab one of the men, as the others tried to calm him down. But Hibbert continued to move towards the victim and stabbed him with a kitchen knife.

At around 61.5pm, police were called to reports of a stabbing on Slade Lane in Longsight, where Hibbert fled the scene. Police officers alongside colleagues from the North West Ambulance Service arrived at the scene and found a man in his 20s with a stab wound to his chest.

The victim was rushed to hospital where he was in a critical condition at the time. His condition improved and he became stable.

After being on the run for over a month, enquiries