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Leicester Mercury
August 23, 2014
A jilted man broke into his love rival’s house and stabbed him 23 times in a frenzied attack, a murder trial was told.
Christopher Penman, 58, was asleep at his home in Somerfield Walk, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, when he was fatally injured, in the early hours of February 22.
Awat Akram (26), who denies murder, allegedly took a killer’s kit to the scene at 3.50am and smashed his way in through a rear patio door.
Timothy Spencer QC, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court: “There were 23 separate stab wounds concentrated on the right side of the body, consistent with him lying on his left side in bed.
“Some of the wounds penetrated the heart and both lungs, which led to catastrophic haemorrhaging in the chest cavity.
“All the wounds were consistent with being caused by a single weapon, a knife blade of approximately 10cm and 4cm to 5cm at its widest.
“Some of the wounds were inflicted with severe force and some of those thrusts with the knife damaged bone, in particular two or more ribs.
“Death would have been rapid.”
Akram, of Beaumanor Road, near Abbey Lane, Leicester, was alleged to have committed the murder in a jealous rage because his partner Elaine Bourke had jilted him to return to her ex-partner, Mr Penman.
Ms Bourke and Akram are both deaf, as was the deceased.
The jury was yesterday shown pictures of Mr Penman’s blood-stained bedroom and a bedside lamp where Akram’s thumbprint was allegedly found.
Mr Spencer said: “He probably took gloves with him but maybe he needed light and maybe he couldn’t switch the light on and needed the dexterity of an ungloved hand.
“I don’t suppose he meant to leave his thumbprint, but he did.”
Mr Spencer said Akram initially told police he had given Mr Penman the lamp. Mr Penman’s daughter Laura Jeffers told the court the lamp had been at her father’s home for about 20 years.
Akram, an Iraqi, was said to have stalked the couple and bombarded Mr Penman with texts and unanswered calls.
Ms Bourke had gone through a marriage ceremony in a mosque with Akram, who regarded her as his wife.
He allegedly threatened to kill them both and then himself.
Mr Penman and Ms Bourke fled to a hotel in Loughborough on February 10, before Ms Bourke moved into a safe hostel in Nottingham on February 20.
Mr Penman was killed a matter of hours after returning home alone on February 21.
Mr Spencer said: “Regarding the triangular relationship, Elaine Bourke bears a heavy moral responsibility for what happened here. There’s no escaping that.
“Transferring her affections from one man to another and then back again was fraught with problems.
“On the other hand, little, if any, criticism can be levelled at Mr Penman.
“His only fault was his weakness for Elaine Bourke.
“He was prepared to take her in and look after her whenever she wanted.
“We say he paid a very heavy price for his fondness for Elaine Bourke.”
The trial continues.
