A man has been jailed for stabbing his father to death, in a drug-fuelled frenzied attack on the man who he claimed raped and abused him throughout his childhood
Sean Maurice, 31, stabbed Paul Maurice, 52, 30 times in the back and chest on September 14, 2021 in Bromley, south-east London.
In mitigation, it was said on Maurice's behalf that he had "borne the brunt" of his father's mistreatment but still wished he had not killed him. Judge Dennis Watson KC sentenced him to 10 years in prison.Outlining the facts earlier, Mr Emlyn Jones said the the victim's next-door neighbours raised the alarm after Mr Maurice had desperately called on them for help, fatally injured and covered in blood.
Following a brief manhunt, the defendant was found a few hours later, running through back gardens nearby.He ended up on the roof of a garden shed, where he was surrounded by police before eventually being detained.
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