Can Arslan, 52, fatally assaulted the father of three Matthew Boorman outside his home as he was returning from work last October in Walton Cardiff. Mr Boorman, 43, was the culmination of Arslan’s 12 years of threats against his neighbors near Tewkesbury, according to Bristol Crown Court. After attacking Bormann, Arslan forcibly entered the home of a second man, Peter Marsden, and stabbed him eight times. During the trial, the court heard that after the attack, Arslan told police “my voice told me to kill him,” adding later that the voice belonged to his childhood teddy bear. Following Arslan’s guilty verdict, Mr Boorman’s family criticized the police and authorities for their “shallow and ineffective” response to Arslan’s danger. Months before the attack, Sarah Boorman, the wife of Matthew Boorman, made a statement to police presenting a summary of the threats from Arslan, adding that she was worried someone might be killed. Arslan retaliated, accusing the family of abusing him racistly and telling police “I will kill him” the day before he attacked Burman. Image: Matthew Boorman’s family criticized police and authorities Arslan had been harassing Mr. Boorman and other people living in a new building for years and had been charged with harassment just a week before the murder. He denied that he killed his neighbor on the grounds of reduced liability. In response to Arslan’s claim that his childhood teddy bear “told him to kill” Mr Boorman, forensic psychologist Dr John Sandford told jurors he was “skeptical” about it and did not consider Arslan mentally ill. and did not need to be inside. hospital. During the trial, the court heard that Arslan was not mentally ill or in the hands of psychosis, but that he had been diagnosed with a personality disorder.
