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A man has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey for killing a Good Samaritan neighbour who was stabbed 130 times when he went to help an elderly woman. A man has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey for killing a Good Samaritan who was stabbed 130 times when he went to help an elderly woman neighbour.
Jon Cooper-Taylor, 60, was attacked with a knife and scissors and left to bleed to death while Rafiq Kashmiri cut and punched the 83-year-old woman.Jon Cooper-Taylor, 60, was attacked with a knife and scissors and left to bleed to death while Rafiq Kashmiri cut and punched the 83-year-old woman.
Kashmiri, 50, from Tooting, had already sexually assaulted the woman at her home in south London. Kashmiri, 50, from Tooting, had already sexually assaulted the woman at her home in South Norwood, south London.
The judge told him he would have to serve a minimum of 10 years in prison.The judge told him he would have to serve a minimum of 10 years in prison.
Kashmiri had pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.Kashmiri had pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Mr Cooper-Taylor, a publishing and IT consultant, went to help the elderly woman at her home in June 2006 after hearing a noise.
The attack was uncontrollable and sustained" Judge Richard Hawkins
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had invited Kashmiri to her house for tea after he had helped her when she fell from a bus a month earlier.The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had invited Kashmiri to her house for tea after he had helped her when she fell from a bus a month earlier.
The attack took place in June 2006. Kashmiri attacked Mr Cooper-Taylor, known as a "gentle giant" in a blind rage, the Old Bailey heard.
Kashmiri was also given a 10-year indeterminate sentence for wounding the woman and four years for sexual assault. The terms will run concurrently.
Doctors agreed he suffered bipolar disorder made worse by smoking cannabis.
'Kind and helpful'
Mr Cooper-Taylor was secretary of the local residents' association and ran errands and fetched prescriptions for elderly people.
Judge Richard Hawkins told Kashmiri that Mr Taylor was: "Obviously a kind neighbour.
"You killed him when he came to protect her. The attack was uncontrollable and sustained."
Miss Riel Karmy-Jones, prosecuting, said the woman had tried to stop the attack on Mr Cooper-Taylor by hitting Kashmiri with her stick.
But he turned on her and punched her causing permanent nerve damage to her face.
She also suffered a broken rib and right hand, and was slashed five times on her face.
The woman still had flashbacks and had been forced to leave her home of 30 years.
Speaking of Mr Cooper-Taylor, she said: "He was always kind and helpful to his neighbours. He was described as a gentle giant."