A MAN pleaded guilty today to a knife attack on West Ham United player Calum Davenport.

A MAN pleaded guilty today to a knife attack on West Ham United player Calum Davenport.

Worrell Whitehurst, the boyfriend of Davenport's sister, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the former England Under-21 international, who has also played for Norwich City, on August 22.

He also pleaded guilty at Luton Crown Court to unlawfully wounding Davenport's mother, 49-year-old Kim Stupple, in the incident in Bedford.