The Lion of London Bridge wont get a payout due to his criminal record (Picture: ITV/REX/PA)

A dad who shouted ‘F*** you, I’m Millwall’ as he bravely fought off terrorists in London has been denied injury compensation

Roy Larner, dubbed the ‘Lion of London Bridge’ wont get a payout from a government scheme due to his criminal record.

The footie fan, 49, was repeatedly stabbed eight times in the neck, arm and chest when he confronted the attackers on the night of June 3, 2017.

He was later diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety an still needs physio on damaged tendons in his left arm.


Despite the long lasting damage, he wont be getting any money from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority for victims of violent crime, The Sun reports.



A letter from the scheme said: ‘I am sorry that you were a victim of a terrorist incident and received injuries.

‘However I regret to inform I am unable to make an award as the scheme states an award will be withheld for unspent convictions.’

Roy Larner was stabbed eight times after intervening in the attack

Police officers respond to the terrorist attack which left eight people dead (Picture: AFP/Getty)

The dad-of-one shows one of his wounds on Good Morning Britain (Picture: ITV/REX)

Since the terrorist attack the father of one has received two suspended sentences, one for racially aggravated common assault, the other for breaching a restraint order granted to his 80-year-old mum Phyllis.

The order was granted after Larner was convicted for damaging a TV set at his mum’s home in Peckham, south London.

Larner, who has no permanent home and is currently crashing on a friend’s sofa, says he will appeal the rejection, citing that he has not gone to prison.

He said: ‘The attacks hit me mentally. I blame what happened on that night for the legal scrapes I’ve had since.

‘I just want to re-build my life and had hoped some compensation might get me back on my feet.’

He has been denied injury compensation due to his unspent criminal convictions (Picture: PA)

Emergency services rush to the scene on the night of June 3, 2017 (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Larner shouted ‘F*** you I’m Millwall’ at the extremists (Picture: ITV/REX)

He says he would ‘not hesitate’ in doing the same thing again despite everything that has happened.

Recalling his intervention on Good Morning Britain, he said: ‘Three blokes tried to kick their way into the bar because the door was shut.

‘They entered the bar, all of a sudden they start pulling out knives, one’s trying to come to me with a knife, as I’m fighting him the other two have come to me then to help him.

‘The three of them, I’m fighting them, and at the time I’m thinking of those families and kids who need to get out of the bar.

‘It happened in about 45 seconds and as I’ve got them out they’ve been shot around me.’

‘You don’t know who they are, what it’s about, it’s just an instant thing, a madness, but the best thing was seeing them shot around me.

‘When people enjoy themselves on a night out, you don’t want to let these people win. You don’t know who they are. It was just an instant reaction.’

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