Possessed teenager batters and disembowels mother 'over witchcraft'

Published: 2014 September 25 07:47:10 (12638 Views)

A 'possessed' 15-year-old boy battered his mother before disemboweling her with a pair of scissors leaving blood pouring all over the place because he believed she was a witch.

Terrified witnesses feared for their lives as the disturbed teenager marched through an east London tower block before attacking his mum in their flat earlier this year.

A trial began at the Old Bailey today where jurors will decide if the boy is insane.

Before opening the case prosecutor Timothy Cray warned jurors that the details of the case 'would stay with them for a very long time'.

Reports from two psychologists said the teenager was suffering form a severe mental illness and had an IQ of just 64, the court heard.

Mr Cray said: "Their conclusions are the same. They found that the defendant was suffering from a psychotic mental illness at the time of the killing.

"They included the facts that he was hearing voices and experiencing delusional beliefs, for example, that his mother was a witch."

He told the court how the teen had been seen walking up and down a stretch of Roman Road in Tower Hamlets before making his way to the high rise where he lived.

A woman living on the tenth floor told police how she answered the door to the teen.

Mr Cray said: "She answered the door and told him that the person he was asking for was not in or asleep and she could not open the door.

"He was mumbling something that didn't make any sense and walking around all funny."

He made his way along the corridor "kicking and knocking" at the doors before making his way to his front door on the floor above.

Mr Cray said: "He kicked on the door. A little later an argument was heard between him and his mother from their flat.

"The neighbour on the floor below called the boy's brother telling him that there was a disturbance at his flat and that he needed to get home as quickly as possible."

The teenager, originally from Bangladesh, was one the woman's six children.

His three older sisters had married and left home, while his older brother lived and worked in Birmingham.

On the morning of the attack he was travelling home when he received the neighbour's worried calls.

The court heard how the son rang the neighbour, telling him to run to the 11th floor as his mother was in trouble.

The teen, who can not be identified for legal reasons, had claimed he saw the dead in the months before the attack.

On arrival at Limehouse police station he appeared 'spaced out' and said to officers: "I want to do black magic. I want to live. If I cry, then you can take me to heaven."

He was charged with murder the next day, when he asked for a 'Jinn', a spirit, the prosecutor said.

The teenager, of Homerton, east London, denies one charge of murder.

The trial continues.

Source - Mirror

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