A man told his best friend the "world was too overpopulated" and "they needed to kill people" before he launched himself across a coffee table and attempted to strangle her.
The woman had invited her best friend of five years, Kamil Wasik, to her house on October 23 last year to "cheer him up" but realised he was acting strangely after he told her it "made sense about Coronavirus" and "they needed to kill people." The pair had smoked cannabis and were playing on an Xbox but after the comments, she asked him what he was talking about and he attacked.
Prosecutor James Gelsthorpe told Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday: "She was concerned given given what he was saying and he was getting ready to leave. She grabbed his arm and asked not to leave and sit down so they could talk about it. He wouldn't stop putting his shoes on and she said if he left she would call the police.
