BBC
February 17, 2015
A man who stabbed a bus passenger more than 200 times in the street has been detained indefinitely in hospital.
Ephraim Norman, 24, of Thornton Heath, fatally attacked Andrew Else, 52, in Croydon in April 2014 and continued to stab him after one of the knives bent.
The Old Bailey heard two weeks before he had stabbed a teenager in the neck.
Norman, who has paranoid schizophrenia, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and attempted murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The court was told that Norman attacked the teenager and Mr Else after he stopped taking his medication and claimed it made him impotent.
The 15-year-old was on his way home after visiting a friend when Norman hit him from behind and stole his mobile phone before fleeing the scene.
Prosecutor Alan Kent QC said the teenager was “lucky” to survive after the blade was completely buried in his head with the tip poking out the other side.
Weeks later, Norman went out armed with two weapons and stabbed Mr Else, of Forestdale in Selsdon Park Road, Croydon, after following him when he got off a bus.
Scotland Yard said the two men who had reported the attack to police had caught a glimpse of “Norman raising the knife above his head repeatedly stabbing Mr Else”.