Pensioner went on stabbing spree outside supermarket, court told
A PENSIONER went on a vicious “stabbing spree” outside a supermarket, injuring four innocent women, a court has been told.
Pensioner Ethem Orhon is alleged to have gone on 'stabbing spree' a court heard
They were picked at random by Ethem Orhon, who wanted to “get revenge on police for what he perceived as their mistreatment of him”, prosecutor Jonathan Polnay told Kingston Crown Court.
Orhon, 67, of Deacons Walk, Hampton, west London, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted murder and two of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The incidents are said to have happened in a car park at a Sainsbury's in Hampton (stock image)
The women - Suzanna Brand, 53, Janet Morsey, 63, Jean Sullivan, 68, and Charandasi Chandiramani, 71 - suffered “serious and appalling injuries” in or near the Sainsbury's car park in Hampton, west London, on May 20.
The “true bravery” of two schoolboys - who distracted Orhon, warned others that he was armed and dangerous, called police and stayed on the telephone with the 999 operator during the rampage - potentially stopped further bloodshed, the jury was told.
The pensioner stands trial at Kingston Crown Court
Speaking of the boys, Mr Polnay said: “Without their help it may be that more people would have been injured by this man.”
Holding up a knife with a 4in blade, Mr Polnay told the jury that Orhon “plunged this knife at least 20 times into four innocent members of the public who had been doing their shopping”.