Doctors in Canada have removed a knife blade from a man's back more than three years after he was stabbed in a fight.

BBC: Knife taken from Billy McNeely's back after three years

He said the PR machine behind the man they call Blade Runner has all but made him untouchable.

CNN: Not everyone surprised at Oscar Pistorius' fall from grace

Before Reeva Steenkamp started dating the man nicknamed "Blade Runner" for his lightning-fast prosthetic legs, she was famous in her own right.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Though free pending trial, the man nicknamed "the Blade Runner" has to meet various bail conditions, including giving up alcohol, his passport and can't go near an airport, a judge ruled.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS