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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Matthew Boorman was stabbed ‘like he was an animal’, court hears

A artist’s sketch of Can Arslan in the dock at Bristol crown court
An artist’s sketch of Can Arslan in the dock at Bristol crown court, which heard there was a long-running dispute between him and his neighbours. Illustration: Elizabeth Cook/PA

The widow of man killed by a neighbour has described watching her husband being stabbed to death as if he were an “animal” and told a court the attacker smiled and lit a cigarette in apparent triumph as his victim lay dying on their front lawn.

Sarah Boorman said the killer, Can Arslan, had repeatedly threatened to murder her, her husband, Matthew Boorman, and their children, telling them he would only serve 10 years in prison if he did so.

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