Can Arslan, 52, stabbed Matthew Boorman in the front grass of Boorman in Walton Cardiff, Gloucestershire, on October 5 last year. Burman’s wife, Sarah, stabbed her in the thigh as she tried to help, while another neighbor, Peter Marsden, stabbed her eight times but managed to repel Arslan. Sarah Boorman, who criticized police and other authorities for “fruitless and ineffective responses” to repeated warnings that Arslan was dangerous, refused to name the killer in a victim impact statement read during a court hearing. Bristol, referring to him. as the “monster next door”. Matthew Burman. Photo: PA She described her husband as her “soul sister” and a fictional father of three who “never broke up with anyone”. Arslan had made their lives miserable for years. “We were nervous and scared,” he said. He pretended to call a killer and filmed the windows of the children’s bedroom. “It simply came to our notice then. I felt like I was in a war zone. we were always on the sidelines “. Arslan ambushed Matthew Boorman as he walked to his front door, stabbing him 27 times before sitting on his body and lighting a cigarette. Sarah Boorman was injured while trying to help. “I hear him say ‘No’ as they stab him,” he said. “I’m worried I did not do enough to save him.” Their 12-year-old son was playing a computer game while looking at the street. “He saw his dad’s horror being killed,” he said. He ran to the living room to protect his sister and brother. “I know how proud Matt would be.” The youngest child still asks them where her father is. “They do not understand why a bad person would want to hurt their dad so much that they will never see him again. “Every day I wake up, my heart breaks more.” Ms Justice Cutts told Arslan that the calm of the street was shattered when “his anger, indignation and rage erupted into a spree of planned violence”. He told him: “You have organized a campaign of harassment and abuse of the most extreme nature. You threatened to rape and kill. “You talked about slaughter.” Cutts noted that neighbors tried to take legal action against Arslan, whose resentment began with disagreements over minor issues, such as parking. A community protection alert was issued in April 2021 and in September, 12 days before the attacks, a local council issued an order banning him from using or threatening violence. One week before the murder, Arslan was charged with harassing the Boormans and bail was granted. The day before the attack, he spoke to police and told them he was going to kill Matthew Boorman. “It is clear that this was your clear intention,” Cutts told him. The judge said Arslan was an “extremely dangerous” man who continued to threaten his ex-neighbors from prison. He has been diagnosed with paranoid, unstable and antisocial personality disorder but has refused to take medication or receive treatment. The Independent Police Behavior Office is examining what action Gloucestershire police have taken and has ordered a review to look at how other agencies have dealt with Arslan.
