Matthew Boorman was stabbed ‘like he was an animal’, court hears

Sarah Boorman says the killer, Can Arslan, lit a cigarette and smiled as her husband lay dying on front lawn

The widow of man killed by a neighbour has described watching her husband being stabbed to death as if he were an animal" and told a court the attacker smiled and lit a cigarette in apparent triumph as his victim lay dying on their front lawn.

Sarah Boorman said the killer, Can Arslan, had repeatedly threatened to murder her, her husband, Matthew Boorman, and their children, telling them he would only serve 10 years in prison if he did so.