Weston-super-Mare man jailed for stabbing mother

David Sosa Salomon was jailed for 19 years at Bristol Crown Court

A man who stabbed his mother several times has been jailed for attempted murder.

Bristol Crown Court heard how David Sosa Salomon, 37, drove from his home in Oldmixon Crescent in Weston-super-Mare to Filton, near Bristol, on 28 February 2023.

He waited for his mother to get off a bus and then stabbed her in the neck.

Salomon was convicted of attempted murder in December and jailed for 19 years on Friday.

He had previously admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

'Horrific violence'

During the trial, jurors were told members of the public intervened to help Salomon's mother when she was attacked.

She thanked those who helped her and their efforts were also praised by the judge.

Det Con Paul Davey from Avon and Somerset Police said: "David Sosa Solomon had a pre-meditated plan to attack his mother and subjected her to a horrific level of violence.

"The victim required stitches in hospital after the attack, but it is through good fortune and the commendable bravery of the public that she was not more seriously injured."

Lucy Coleman, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said the jury "rejected Solomon's explanation that his intentions were limited to causing her really serious injury".

"She was subjected to what must have been a horrifying attack as he stabbed her in the neck with a knife before subjecting her to a more sustained attack as she lay on the ground.

"But for the remarkable bravery of members of the public the defendant's intentions may well have been realised," she added.