Court Reporter
Police on the scene in Rock Park in Barnstaple on Saturday April 10
- Credit: Contributed
A knifeman who wore a Scream mask left children and families terrified when he walked into a Barnstaple play park and started stabbing a bench.
A neighbour alerted police and followed Kieran Wale after seeing him walking towards Rock Park in Barnstaple which includes a busy children’s play area.
It was packed with families on a sunny Saturday afternoon in April and an eight-year-old boy was seen sobbing in terror after seeing Wale with the mask and knife.
He sat down on a wooden bench 50 metres from the play area and stabbed it so violently that the five-inch serrated blade broke in half.