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Teenager describes killing nurse | Teenager describes killing nurse |
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A teenager has told a jury he does not know why he stabbed a nurse to death. | A teenager has told a jury he does not know why he stabbed a nurse to death. |
Stuart Harling described ambushing Cheryl Moss, 33, as she took a break near woods behind St George's Hospital, Hornchurch, east London, in April 2006. | |
"I remember stabbing her in the back while she was on the floor there," the trainee accountant told the jury. "It was like seeing a film." | "I remember stabbing her in the back while she was on the floor there," the trainee accountant told the jury. "It was like seeing a film." |
Mr Harling, 19, from Rainham, admits the killing but denies murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Mr Harling, 19, from Rainham, admits the killing but denies murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
Crocodile Dundee | Crocodile Dundee |
He spotted the nurse having a cigarette in some woods behind the hospital and waited until she finished speaking on her mobile phone. | He spotted the nurse having a cigarette in some woods behind the hospital and waited until she finished speaking on her mobile phone. |
Wearing a wig and carrying a Crocodile Dundee-style knife, Mr Harling then ran towards her. | Wearing a wig and carrying a Crocodile Dundee-style knife, Mr Harling then ran towards her. |
Mr Harling said: "I thought I would try to get a glint of the sun on [the knife] so it was clearly seen. | Mr Harling said: "I thought I would try to get a glint of the sun on [the knife] so it was clearly seen. |
"She noticed me and she said 'oh no'. I was still running. I started stabbing her in the back." | "She noticed me and she said 'oh no'. I was still running. I started stabbing her in the back." |
Mrs Moss, 33, who was stabbed 72 times, was already dead when she was found by her colleagues. | Mrs Moss, 33, who was stabbed 72 times, was already dead when she was found by her colleagues. |
Mr Harling said he had been been trying to steal a car as part of a plot to overthrow an African government. | Mr Harling said he had been been trying to steal a car as part of a plot to overthrow an African government. |
He said he had staked out the hospital car park and had planned to threaten the nurse to get her car keys. | He said he had staked out the hospital car park and had planned to threaten the nurse to get her car keys. |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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