City Beach attack: Matthew William Lawson admits attempting to murder Trae Black after West Coast Hi…

The life of a man run down by a workmate in a ute, reportedly severing his leg before his assailant attacked him with a hammer, was saved by a passing doctor.

Matthew William Lawson, 25, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Perth Magistrates Court to attempting to unlawfully kill Trae Black, 29.

Police…