Pensioner Ethem Orhon convicted over stabbing spree at Hampton Sainsbury's car park

Jamie Bullen4 November 2016
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A pensioner has been found guilty of two counts of attempted murder after a stabbing spree outside a Sainsbury’s supermarket in west London.

Ethem Orhon, 67, has also been convicted of two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at Kingston Crown Court following the attack in Hampton.

He was convicted after jurors reached unanimous verdicts after four hours and 38 minutes of deliberations.

Orhom, of Daeacons Walk, Hampton, said the random attacks on four women had been triggered after he said he felt humiliated by police the previous day after he was arrested for possession of another knife.

He said he was "like a zombie" and felt as though he was "hypnotised" as he prowled silently around the car park armed with a Leatherman knife.

He added he remembered assaulting one person and following two men, which turned out to be schoolboys from Hampton Grammar who raised the alarm with passers-by.

Guilty: Ethem Orhon was found guilty of attempted murder 
PA Wire

Police arrived at the scene and pointed a Taser at Orhon, who threw the knife in the air.

Orhon said he had "no memory" of going to the car park for the stabbings but said in police interviews he "rushed" at someone and emembered "stabbing someone in the back".

Vicious: Blood stained clothes lie on the street
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Consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Philip Joseph said that Orhon, who had no previous contact with the medical services, is suffering from paranoid psychosis which may put a person out of touch with reality.

Victims Suzanna Brand, 53, Janet Morsy, 63, Jean Sullivan, 68, and Charandasi Chandiramani, 71, suffered serious injuries. Two of the women broke down in tears as the verdicts were read out.

Emeregency response: Police were called and Tasered Orhon
Stefan Rousseau/PA

Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay said Orhon had wanted to get revenge on police whom he felt had treated him badly. Orhon said he had felt humiliated after being strip-searched by officers when they arrested him the day before.

The court heard the 67-year-old is a retired odd-job man, originally from Turkey, who has lived in Britain since arriving in 1989.

He was briefly married and has no children, he plays chess a lot, is always by himself, dropped out from an architecture course and spends a lot of time in the library.

Additional reporting by Press Association

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