 Having finished work early , Parker and Toms were walking to visit her friend 's house when they were confronted by a gang of around ten Pakistani youths , some of whom were wearing balaclavas ; they had planned to find " a white male to attack simply because he was white " . They warned Parker he had " better start running " , but then blocked his path and quickly sprayed him in the face with CS gas . He was punched in the stomach then stabbed three times from behind through the throat and chest with a foot @-@ long hunting knife . The knife penetrated completely through his body on two occasions and as he was lying on the ground he was repeatedly kicked and struck with a panel beater 's hammer . 
