Tyler West

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Tyler West couldn't use a knife for years after fatal stabbing (Metro)

Strictly star Tyler West has described the lingering trauma associated with seeing a man stabbed to death when he was a teenager.

[Strictly Come Dancing](https://metro.co.uk/tag/strictly-come-dancing/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1), was 14 years old when he watched a man being stabbed to death just outside of his home in Sutton in southwest [London](https://metro.co.uk/tag/london/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK2). Going in and out of the home to offer assistance, Debbie, who was a nurse, said it was a terrifying ordeal as the man with the knife kept returning to the victim and stabbing him again and again. [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html) that he woke up one morning thinking that he couldn’t let it ‘ruin his life’, so he decided to focus on his studies and sport. [Strictly Come Dancing’s Tyler West completes London Marathon as partner Dianne Buswell cheers him on at finish line](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/02/strictlys-tyler-west-completes-london-marathon-17489774/?ico=more_text_links) [Loose Women](https://metro.co.uk/tag/loose-women/), the 26-year-old described what he saw as ‘awful’, and how it was something he’s still trying to come to terms with over a decade later. [Tyler West](https://metro.co.uk/tag/tyler-west/) has revealed he was unable to use a knife for years after witnessing a murder when he was a teenager.

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Strictly's Tyler West holds mum's hand on ITV Loose Women as he ... (Manchester Evening News)

Tyler West and his mum bravely appeared on Loose Women to discuss the trauma they suffered when they witnessed a fatal stabbing take place outside their ...

Sometimes it’s just somebody coming to you and saying ‘look Ty, I’m here and I love you’ and that was it for me and my mum." There was a lot of back and forth, I wouldn’t leave my bedroom, I became a recluse. "The other two followed him and at this point I was at my bedroom window and I noticed one of them had a 12-inch kitchen knife in his hand," Tyler said. "It’s trauma, it’s grief, it’s those things there but it’s this idea that I saw a life taken in front of me," Tyler said. "It triggered attachment issues, I had counselling, I couldn’t use a knife and fork at dinner, I couldn’t walk on certain sides of the street, there was a long sort of process of things I am dealing with even up until now." The Kiss FM DJ was 14 at the time of the horror scenes and says "not a day goes by that you don't think about going through something traumatic like that."

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tyler West unable to use a knife after ... (Birmingham Live)

Tyler and his mum were in the studio to discuss knife violence. Tyler told the ITV panel on Tuesday January 10: "The knock-on effect is indescribable." "There's ...

But every time you tried to get out, the man was still there - every time I tried to go out, the man would be running back to his flat and come back." She commented: "I was running around the house to get towels, to get bandages, I was a nurse quite a lot of my life and you want to help. The pair joined the show their first joint TV interview to speak about how they supported each other after witnessing a fatal stabbing in 2010, as well as spending Tyler and his mum were in the studio to discuss knife violence. Tyler’s mum Debbie, who was a nurse, said by the end of the attack, the victim had 74 stab wounds. Tyler appeared on ITV Loose Women today ahead of the Strictly Come Dancing tour.

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