August 28, 2026 — 12:12pm

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A Phillip Island mother has detailed the horrific moment a stranger “coward-punched” her 10-year-old son and repeatedly stabbed her with a pair of scissors in Melbourne’s CDB, urging for a conversation about a rise in violent crime.

Cherie Holt is recovering in hospital from multiple stab wounds and a broken leg after she and her youngest child were attacked outside Victoria Police’s Spencer Street headquarters on Tuesday.

The 46-year-old was visiting Melbourne with her 10-year-old and two other children when…

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