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| Ethem Orhon guilty of Hampton supermarket car park stabbings | Ethem Orhon guilty of Hampton supermarket car park stabbings |
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| A man has been convicted of attacking four women in a stabbing spree in a supermarket car park. | A man has been convicted of attacking four women in a stabbing spree in a supermarket car park. |
| Ethem Orhon, 67, of Hampton, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. | Ethem Orhon, 67, of Hampton, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. |
| The women were attacked in west London on 20 May, a day after Orhon was arrested for possessing a knife. | |
| Suzanna Brand, Janet Morsy, Jean Sullivan, and Charandasi Chandiramani, were randomly targeted, the jury heard. | Suzanna Brand, Janet Morsy, Jean Sullivan, and Charandasi Chandiramani, were randomly targeted, the jury heard. |
| The Kingston Crown Court jury took four hours and 55 minutes to find Orhon, of Deacons Walk, guilty of the offences. The women suffered "appalling injuries", the prosecutor said. | The Kingston Crown Court jury took four hours and 55 minutes to find Orhon, of Deacons Walk, guilty of the offences. The women suffered "appalling injuries", the prosecutor said. |
| Orhon told the court he was "like a zombie" and felt "hypnotised" as he attacked strangers with a Leatherman knife, hours after being bailed by police. | Orhon told the court he was "like a zombie" and felt "hypnotised" as he attacked strangers with a Leatherman knife, hours after being bailed by police. |
| Ms Brand, 53 was hit from behind, struck 13 times and left with two collapsed lungs. | |
| Ms Morsy, 63, thought she was going to die as she was struck in the arm and chest and tried to defend herself. | |
| Ms Sullivan, 68, was stabbed in the back, damaging her chest wall, right lung and liver. | |
| Ms Chandiramani, 71, was stabbed twice in the back. | |
| The court heard Orhon was distracted by two schoolboys from the nearby Hampton Grammar, who warned other passers-by and called 999. | |
| Jurors were told the odd-job-man originally from Turkey, had left Belgravia police station after being charged with having a bladed article in a public place and said he went home picked up a knife before heading for the crowded supermarket, less than 10 minutes from his home. | |
| Orhon, described as a loner, said he had felt humiliated after being strip-searched by officers when he was arrested. |