Mum saved daughter’s life by fighting off knifeman who stabbed her 22 times

Simeon Shaba, 20, has been convicted of tried homicide after his sufferer survived 22 stab wounds

A 20-year-old man who stabbed an adolescent in her dwelling 22 instances earlier than her mum fought him off has been convicted of tried homicide.

Simeon Shaba broke into the home in Dartford, Kent, by unhooking a safety latch earlier than getting into the 17-year-old’s bed room carrying a kitchen knife and pouncing on her, Maidstone Crown Courtroom heard.

The sufferer, who can't be named for authorized causes, instructed jurors: ‘He picked up a towel and put it over my mouth. I mentioned: “What are you doing?”

‘As I bought up he took out a knife and began stabbing me. I keep in mind he stabbed me so many instances as my mum was pushing him out.

‘I dropped to the bottom. I used to be bleeding. I actually thought I used to be going to die.’

She mentioned Shaba intentionally tried to plunge the knife into her coronary heart as she collapsed.

The lady’s mum, whose title should even be withheld to guard her daughter’s identification, suffered accidents as she fought off the attacker and compelled him out of the home.

Shaba insisted he was not current on the home on the time of the incident, however the jury rejected his claims and located him responsible.

Prosecutor Daniel Stevenson mentioned: ‘[The victim] was stabbed in her neck, face, shoulder, again, stomach and thigh and she or he suffered 22 separate stab wounds.

“There may be little question that this knife assault on a younger feminine in her personal bed room totally meant to prematurely finish her life.’

Shaba, of Sandling Rise, Eltham, is already serving one other sentence for theft.

He is because of be sentenced for the tried homicide cost in August.

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