<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A motel owner in northern NSW has today described how a stabbing attack by a teenager left him fighting for life.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mick Cikota, 52, was allegedly stabbed by a 13-year-old during a struggle at his Moree motel last month, leaving him with wounds to his arm and torso.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cikota, who has lived at the premises with his family for 28 years, told 2GB's Ben Fordham he thought his "life was over" during the confrontation.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/derryn-hinch-former-senator-radio-tv-personality-in-hospital/8a589638-7e53-47e8-a3c5-5a1ec45a0200" target="_blank"><strong><span>Veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch hospitalised after fall</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His ordeal began when five boys, aged from 11 to 15, allegedly broke into the motel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cikota confronted one of them in his 86-year-old mother-in-law's bedroom as the accused attacker held a knife over her, fearing he would "cut her throat".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When I ran into the room, he had a knife over the top of my 86-year-old mother-in-law, and that's why we acted so quickly ... I was fearing for her life," he told 2GB.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-motel-owner-describes-alleged-stabbing-by-teenager-on-bail/92346ea2-e5d6-4727-a67f-8af793a0d389" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Cikota wrestled with the boy, he suffered multiple knife wounds, and says he was "bleeding profusely" as his alleged attacker told him to let go.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I thought that's it, my life is over."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/spider-man-outfit-found-at-beach-property-in-dunbogan-not-linked-to-missing-toddler-william-tyrrell/8227de78-cb93-4bb7-afa9-cde33bc91208"><strong><span>Spider-Man suit found at property near where William Tyrrell vanished is ruled out</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="150px" src="https://omny.fm/shows/ben-fordham-full-show/exclusive-stabbed-motel-owner-details-terrifying-attack-by-teenager/embed" width="100%"></iframe></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cikota said police and paramedics arrived and he was treated for his injuries before being taken to hospital in Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 13-year-old boy was charged with multiple offences, including wounding.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was later bailed by the children's court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The alleged attack happened as the NSW government blocked an opposition push in parliament to tighten the state's bail laws.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cikota accused Labor Premier Chris Minns and Attorney General Michael Daley of having "blood on their hands".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They had a chance to change the law," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"None of them had the guts to ... keep these kids behind bars."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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