A man who knifed his neighbour 27 times after subjecting him to years of threats and abuse has been found guilty of murder. Can Arslan, 52, lay in wait for father-of-three Matthew Boorman and attacked the 43-year-old as he walked towards his front door after returning from work on the afternoon of October 5 last year.
The killing was the culmination of 12 years' of threats from Arslan against his neighbours in Walton Cardiff, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, many of whom had installed expensive security systems, Bristol Crown Court heard. Mr Boorman’s wife Sarah suffered a deep wound to her leg as she tried to pull the defendant off her husband.
The attacker then forced his way into the home of Peter Marsden and knifed him eight times. The murder and subsequent threats and attacks were caught in graphic detail on the neighbourhood’s many CCTV and doorbell cameras installed by anxious residents.
