Matthew Boorman trial: CCTV shown of knife-wielding killer

CCTV footage of an off-duty police officer trying to stop a knife-wielding killer after he had stabbed his neighbour has been shown in court.

Can Arslan, 52, attacked Matthew Boorman, 43, outside his home in Walton Cardiff in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on 5 October last year.

Jurors at Bristol Crown Court saw the moments after the fatal attack as the officer used a piece of wood to try stop Mr Aslan attacking someone else.

Mr Aslan denies murder.

The attack was captured on several CCTV doorbell cameras and recorded by eyewitnesses.

In it, off-duty officer Sgt Stephen Wilkinson armed only with a plank of wood, follows Mr Arslan as he forces his way into the garden of neighbour Peter Marsden.

Minutes earlier he had stabbed Mr Boorman 27 times on his front lawn.

Trying to get him to drop the knife, Mr Wilkinson can be heard shouting: " You stand still, now. Don't you go down there. Put the knife down now. Put it down."

Mr Arslan forces the gate into Mr Marsden's garden and the video then shows Mr Marsden wrestling him out of his home, having been stabbed eight times, while Mr Wilkinson hits him with the wood.

He then lights a cigarette and leaves, where he is again confronted by Mr Wilkinson and other neighbours, armed with golf clubs.

Matthew Boorman was killed outside his home near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire

Jurors also heard how several months before he was killed, father of three Mr Boorman had revealed he was "very scared" about what Mr Arslan might do and did not know what he was capable of.

Mr Boorman's statement, made in May 2021, had been part of civil injunction proceedings launched by Tewkesbury Borough Council to stop Mr Arslan's anti-social behaviour.

In it he detailed the contents of a phone conversation he had heard him making in the garden.

Some of the comments included how he liked being arrested, how he was unhinged and missed prison food and how "God forgives but I will not forget", the court heard.

Can Arslan has denied murdering his neighbour Matthew Boorman outside of his home near Tewkesbury

The statement continued: "I genuinely fear his conversation was meant to be overheard by us, to let us know that he isn't scared of the police, is willing to go to prison, and when he is released he won't forget about the incident. I am very scared of what Mr Arslan can do."

Mr Boorman also referred to previous threats by Mr Arslan of rape.

"This week he has taken images of my daughters' bedrooms," he said.

Mr Arslan has admitted the attempted murder of Mr Marsden, causing grievous bodily harm to Mrs Boorman, and a charge of affray, but denies murder, claiming he was in the grip of a psychiatric disorder.

The trial continues.