Ryanair has refused to refund man unable to fly out to Austria to watch a football match after sustaining injuries in the Huntingdon train stabbing.

The famously uncompromising Irish low cost airline told 61-year-old Stephen Crean he should’ve taken out insurance to be reimbursed for his flight.

Mr Crean was one of 11 passengers on an LNER train to London taken to hospital after he was stabbed seven times while trying to confront the knifeman.

He was forced to cancel an awaited trip to see his side Nottingham Forest take on Austrian team Sturm Graz in the Europa League on Thursday.

But Ryanair stuck rigidly to its ‘no cancellations’ policy, insisting that all its fares are non-refundable.

It said in a statement: ‘All Ryanair air fares are non-refundable, which is why we strongly recom

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