Sir Richard Sutton killing: man tells court he heard voice saying ‘attack’

Thomas Schreiber, 35, says he did not want to kill landowner or his mother but demonic' thoughts took hold

An aspiring artist who killed one of Britain's wealthiest landowners and repeatedly stabbed his own mother has told a jury he went completely crazy" after a voice in his head shouted: Attack, attack, attack," following months of rising family tensions exacerbated by being trapped" in Covid lockdowns.

Thomas Schreiber, 35, insisted he had not wanted to kill the hotelier and landowner Sir Richard Sutton or his mother, Anne Schreiber, but demonic" thoughts took hold and he could not stop stabbing them both.