Top appeal judges have refused to change the sentences handed to five men involved in the horrific supermarket stabbing in Bedfont.

Lawyers representing the Attorney General urged to increase the ‘soft’ sentences handed to at least three of the men, while lawyers from the opposition argued the sentences for four were ‘excessive’, at London’s Criminal Appeal Court on Monday (April 25).

Lord Justice sitting with Mr Justice Jeremy Baker and Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC rejected all of the appeals, saying the court would not interfere with any of the sentences passed by the Old Bailey judge - who had seen and heard all of the evidence at trial.

Police described the incident as a ‘frenzied’ knife attack at the Emerald Supermarket on Staines Road, Bedfont , where a 29-year-old man was stabbed more than 15 times on June 14 last year at around 1.40am.

With stab wounds to his heart, lungs and liver he only survived thanks to heroic first-aid by local police officers and emergency life-saving open heart surgery in the street from ambulance service paramedics and HEMS doctors.

The four men were found guilty of attempted murder at the Old Bailey on January 19 and sentenced to life imprisonment on January 22 2016.

'No telling when offenders will cease to pose threat to public'

Ringleader Saad Sharif, 19, of Kelburne Road, Oxford, who stabbed the victim repeatedly in the back, stomach and chest, was ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years;

Zakariya Ibrahim, 19, of Chesham Terrace, Ealing , who also stabbed the victim will serve a minimum of 13-and-a-half years;

Mohammed Mohammed, 21, of Copley Close, Hanwell, was ordered to serve a minimum of 10 years.

Hanad Mohammed, 19, of no fixed address was told to serve a minimum of seven-and-a-half years.

The fifth man, Abdi Wahab Mohammed, 26, of Down Way, Northolt , who acted as getaway driver for the attackers, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and sentenced to 10 years behind bars.

Appeal Court judges were told by representatives for all the defendants that their life sentences were unfair and the minimum terms were too long.

However, ruling the sentences should not be made longer or shorter, Lord Justice Gross said: “Of course, a life sentence is one of last resort and a pause for reflection is required when passing one on a young offender.

“That said, we have no hesitation whatever with regard to these life sentences.

“There is no telling when these offenders will cease to pose a danger to the public - not least because no explanation for what happened on that terrible night has ever been proffered.”

The victim was treated in intensive care and continues to suffer as a result of his serious injuries.

No motive for the attack has ever been revealed.