Cyclist narrowly escapes drowning after being pushed into Manchester canal by 'complete psychopath'

Police dismiss link to rumoured Manchester canal serial killer

Stock photo: Bridgewater Canal
near Old Trafford stadium (Mark Waugh / Alamy Stock Photo)

(Image credit: Alamy Stock Photo)

A cyclist says he almost drowned after being attacked by a man he described as "a complete psychopath" on a Manchester canal path while cycling home at night.

The victim, a 34-year-old office worker, says his assailant swung his arm at him, knocking him in to the water and then kicked his hands as he tried to climb out of the canal.

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