A terrified boy and his mum were saved from a shirtless and bloodied man with a knife through the child's bedroom window. Her fiancé had been for a cigarette outside when drugged up Nathan Proctor went into their home, claiming there was someone with a gun who was trying to kill him.
The lady tried to calm Proctor down but he went into her kitchen and grabbed a kitchen knife with a ten to 13 centimetre blade, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday (January 31). The woman ran with her son to a bedroom but could not properly close the door because a door stop was in the way.
Proctor, who had taken cocaine and alcohol, banged repeatedly on the door whilst the woman pleaded with him to leave them alone. Her fiancé heard their screams and went to his son's bedroom window and helped them escape. Proctor left the address, in Heathfield Way, Mansfield, with the knife in his hand on July 12 last year.
