A MAN obssessed with youngster murders and “impressed” by the Southport assaults stabbed a nine-year-old woman as she performed outdoors his house.
Jordan Wilkes, 29, had had searched quite a few YouTube movies and podcasts on such atrocities main as much as the assault in Bournemouth.
BNPSJordan Wilkes was ‘fulfilling a sick fantasy’ when he launched the assault[/caption]
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These included the killing of the three ladies at a dance class in Southport final yr, the homicide of James Bulger and a number of other American highschool massacres.
Hours earlier than the assault he watched a video on Aiden Fucci who murdered a 13-year-old American schoolgirl by stabbing her 114 instances, Bournemouth Crown Courtroom heard.
Simply three weeks after the Southport killings, Wilkes’ sufferer had been enjoying with a buddy on the stairwell outdoors his flat in Christchurch, Dorset.
Fuelled by ideas of “fulfilling a sick fantasy” he opened his door and stabbed the woman 3 times within the neck, shoulder and knee with a pen knife with out saying a phrase.
Fortunately, she and her buddy managed to flee to the security of one other flat.
The horrific wounds to the woman’s shoulder and knee had been so deep the bone could possibly be seen – however she was fortunately in a position to make a full restoration.
Wilkes was arrested by armed police who raided his flat a short while after the assault.
He denied a cost of making an attempt to homicide the woman, who can’t be named for authorized causes, however was discovered responsible yesterday following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Courtroom.
Sentencing was adjourned for studies however Wilkes is dealing with a prolonged jail time period.
Berenice Mulvanny, prosecuting, stated Wilkes had an “unhealthy fascination with the homicide of youngsters and noticed his alternative to fulfil some type of sick fantasy”.
His cell phone was recovered which revealed a “significantly regarding” search historical past.
The info downloaded from his Motorola cell phone confirmed 69 “information of curiosity” associated to violence, knives and youngster killings within the three months earlier than the assault.
The information articles, YouTube movies, documentaries and podcasts had content material regarding the Valentine’s College Bloodbath, America’s deadliest mass taking pictures with 17 killed at Parkland Excessive College in Florida in 2018.
Ms Mulvanny stated: “What was discovered on that cellphone present an unhealthy curiosity in violence, in knives, however particularly the homicide of youngsters.
“There have been searches and movies watched relating to the Valentine College Massacres in America, youngster serial killers, abuse of youngsters, the homicide of James Bulger and the riots that resulted in Southport after the homicide of three ladies.
“The Southport murders happening in July, the assault on [the nine year-old] weeks later.”
Giving proof, the woman stated of the assault: “I noticed him attain into his pocket, I didn’t know that it was a knife, he hid it along with his arm behind him then he got here at us.
“He got here working at me with a straight face. He grabbed maintain of my arm, actually tight, so I couldn’t escape and he was aiming for this space [pointing to her neck].”
Her buddy described Wilkes as “mad-looking”.
The girl within the flat the 2 ladies ran to stated she heard screaming and banging on the door however as soon as inside each ladies had been “alarmingly composed”, as if in a state of shock.
Whereas treating the woman’s neck harm, the lady turned conscious of blood dripping on the ground after which noticed a big wound to the chest.
She stated: “As I moved her high I noticed an enormous gash to her shoulder, I might see right down to the bone. It was lengthy and huge prefer it had been pulled open or ripped.”
Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd informed the courtroom the woman had a 2cm lengthy neck wound and an 8cm gash above her collarbone.
He stated the chest wound was deep and would have seemingly resulted in severe harm or dying if it had broken any of the underlying space.
He additionally added that he had seen many deaths in his profession from a single stab wound and the end result relies on likelihood, not the management of the assailant.
Wilkes might be sentenced in April.
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BNPSJordan Wilkes stabbed a nine-year-old woman as she performed outdoors his house[/caption]