A man has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to GBH with intent. The sentencing follows after he attacked his cousin with a long kitchen-style knife repeatedly in the chest as he sat in his car in north London.
Forty-nine-year-old Mohamed Sharif Omar, of Bartholomew Road, Camden, attacked his victim on August 23 last year, the court heard.
Police rushed to the spot in Wartlers Road, Holloway, and found a 47-year-old man with stab wounds to the chest and legs.
Passers-by performed first aid on the victim before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.
Omar fled the scene after committing the crime but police arrested him later from his home.
Omar, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, was charged the following day.
Omar was sentenced to a hospital order under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act with an indefinite time limit.
Detective Constable Dean Puzey, of Islington CID, as quoted in Evening Standard, said: “This is a tragic case involving an attacker with a mental illness, and a victim who was a relative of Omar’s. Were it not for the quick medical assistance from passers-by who witnessed this horrific assault, the victim could have died from his injuries. Omar poses a significant danger to the public and will now receive the medical treatment he needs.”
