Pensioner Ethem Orhon, 67, 'knifed four women in Hampton Sainsbury's car park to get revenge on police'

Stabbing: Police at the scene at a Sainsbury's car park in Hampton, west London
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Mark Chandler31 October 2016
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A pensioner knifed four women in a “stabbing spree” outside a west London supermarket because he wanted to “get revenge on police” who arrested him the day before, a court heard today.

Ethem Orhon, 67, may have only halted his attack because of the “true bravery” of two schoolboys who warned others and called the police, Kingston Crown Court was told.

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 on May 20.

Holding up a knife with a 4in blade, prosecutor Jonathan 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".

The 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.

Attack: The women were knifed in or near a Sainsbury's car park, the court heard
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Mr Polnay said: "Without their help it may be that more people would have been injured by this man."

Orhon had been picked up the day before by police outside a public toilet in Kensington, the court heard.

They suspected he might have drugs but Orhon was found with a Leatherman knife, jurors were told. He was charged with having a bladed article and released on bail.

Orhon went back home, just 10 minutes from the Sainsbury's, and picked up his spare Leatherman knife before heading straight back out, Mr Polnay said.

He was wearing the same clothes from the day before and carrying a rucksack containing Turkish identification materials, a UK passport, 1,075 in Euros and £307.87 in cash.

The court heard Orhon later said in a police interview that he had felt "mentally tortured" by police, adding: "I went home and got my other Leatherman.

“I shouldn't have done it. I feel bad. It was a loss of control. I felt humiliated."

Orhon, 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 trial continues.

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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