Grandson stabbed granddad to death after hearing about paedophile allegations

David Oliver, 74, was accused of historic intercourse abuse in opposition to ladies, a courtroom heard (Image: Central Information/Net)

A 25-year-old man stabbed his bedbound grandfather to dying after studying of kid intercourse abuse allegations in opposition to the pensioner, a courtroom has heard.

Ben Oliver, of Bexleyheath, south London, is accused of murdering David Oliver, 74, in his residence in close by Mottingham on January 19 final yr.

Jurors on the Outdated Bailey have been informed he had turn into ‘very indignant’ after discovering out a number of months earlier that his granddad had been accused of historic sexual abuse of women.

The 74-year-old was additionally stated to have mistreated his spouse and had extramarital affairs, however turned motionless after struggling a stroke a number of years in the past.

Prosecutors stated the youthful man had additionally turn into ‘troubled and indignant’ after a ‘troublesome’ upbringing, and had himself been convicted of sexual offences in opposition to a younger lady when he was 15 years previous.

He was despatched to a youth detention centre after his conviction in 2016 and was launched in September 2019, the courtroom was informed.

On the morning of the incident, the 25-year-old was stated to have immediately picked up a kitchen knife, walked into his granddad’s bed room and ‘brutally’ knifed him a number of occasions within the head.

Prosecutor Louis Mably QC informed jurors: ‘He was attacked and killed as he lay helpless in mattress, in his bed room on the primary flooring of the home.

‘He had been repeatedly stabbed and slashed with a knife within the face, and particularly within the neck, which had successfully been minimize open.

‘It was a brutal assault, plainly carried out with the intention of killing him.’

The youthful man instantly informed his grandmother what he had performed and doesn't deny killing the older man, the prosecutor added.

Mr Mably stated the defendant’s case was that he was responsible solely of manslaughter on grounds of diminished duty, and that jurors must weigh up his psychological state on the time.

Ben Oliver denies homicide and the trial continues.

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