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Anjorin circle of relativesA paramedic who went to regard schoolboy Daniel Anjorin, who was once killed in a sword assault in north-east London, has spoken of her worry when the defendant allegedly grew to become at the ambulance.
Marcus Monzo, 37, is on trial on the Old Bailey accused of murdering the 14-year-old and making an attempt to kill 4 others all the way through a 20-minute collection of assaults in Hainault in April ultimate yr.
He denies all fees.
Stephanie Baisden advised the courtroom how “extremely terrifying” it was once when Mr Monzo began attacking the ambulance with a sword.
Warning: this tale comprises main points some would possibly to find distressing
She mentioned they noticed Daniel mendacity within the street injured and, as she went to get the clinical apparatus at the back of the ambulance, her colleague began shouting “drive, drive”.
She mentioned she seemed out of the window and the suspect was once “holding a very large sword, a machete-type weapon”.
‘Extremely irritating’
“He was trying to force it into our window,” she mentioned.
“I could hear it hitting the windows and force it into the driver’s seat where I was sitting.
“It was once extraordinarily terrifying, I may just listen shouting, it was once a particularly irritating scenario.”
Her London Ambulance Service colleague, Lachlan Allan, in a statement to the court, said as the defendant tried to smash the window with his sword they managed to drive away to the end of the road.
Julia QuenzlerThe court was also shown footage of how police officers confronted Mr Monzo as he stood brandishing his sword on the street.
Body worn camera footage showed PC Cameron King, the first officer to arrive, shouting repeatedly at him to drop the sword and attempting to disarm with pepper spray.
PC King said he was “petrified” when he saw the defendant with the sword.
Mr Monzo was reported to have shouted: “Is there anyone right here who believes in God, are there any gods right here?”
He then ran off down an alleyway, pursued by the officers.
‘Officer stabbed’
The jury was also played footage of the attack on PC Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield.
She was the first officer to pursue the defendant down the alleyway.
She pointed her Taser and as she neared the end of the alleyway, the suspect jumped out at her, slashing her four times with the sword as she stumbled to the ground, she told the court.
Her colleague shouted into his radio “officer stabbed, police officer stabbed”, footage played to the court showed.
PC King said he did not have a Taser and his pepper spray had run out but he drew his baton and placed himself between Mr Monzo and PC Mechem-Whitfield as she was on the ground.
Earlier, eyewitness Robert Fenton told the court Daniel “straight away fell to the ground” after he was attacked.
Mr Monzo also denies wounding with intent, aggravated burglary and possession of an offensive weapon relating to a kitchen knife. He previously admitted two counts of having an offensive weapon, namely two swords.
The trial continues.
