Jonathan Keal told his mother this isn t me, it s the devil as he tried to stab her with a pair of scissors and repeatedly apologised as he beat his family with a cricket bat in a horrifying attack.
Jonathan Keal used a cricket bat, dumbbells and knives against his family during a horrifying attack. The 36-year-old is accused of attempting to murder his father Robert, 64, as he slept in a chair, stabbing him while shouting I’m sorry dad, I’m sorry , and of breaking into his 65-year-old mother Lynda’s locked bedroom to stab her. He is also accused of attacking his 90-year-old grandmother Marjorie Blacker as she lay in her bed. Keal denies the charge, claiming that he was insane at the time. Salisbury Crown Court, Wilts heard that Keal had tried to kill himself just the day before the attack.
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image captionPolice were called to the detached home in September 2018
A man blamed the devil as he launched a frenzied attack on his parents and grandmother as they slept at home, a court has heard.
Jonathan Keal, 37, stabbed and beat Lynda and Robert Keal and Marjorie Blacker at their home in Sandleheath, Hampshire, Salisbury Crown Court heard.
He denies attempted murder and wounding with intent.
Shortly before the attack in September 2018, he stopped taking prescription medication, the jury heard.
Kerry Maylin, prosecuting, said the victims were all asleep when the frenzied attacks began at the property on Mayfield Road on the night of 26 September.