A son who stabbed his ‘cruel’ father to death while high on crack cocaine following years of alleged sexual and physical abuse has been jailed for 10 years for manslaughter – after being cleared by a jury of murder.
Sean Maurice, 31, plunged a knife into the back and chest of his car salesman father Paul Maurice a total of 33 times during a frenzied attack at the family home in Bromley, southeast London on September 14, 2021.
Sean, a father-of-one, fled the scene across the back gardens of adjacent properties and climbed onto a shed roof, leading to a stand-off with police which ultimately ended in his arrest.
Mr Maurice, 52, branded a ‘dreadful father’ by a judge today, told neighbours he did not want to die as he collapsed bleeding on their doorstep, the court heard.
In police bodycam footage Sean told officers: ‘I’ve got nothing to lose… you lot are trying to arrest me because I beat up my dad who abused me, he raped me… and you want to arrest me? What kind of f*****g…
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