LONDON—A father who claimed he was trying to protect his family when he stabbed a social worker who was conducting welfare checks at his home, has admitted to a jury he had kept his three children indoors for “over a year” because of his fears of COVID-19.
Sulai Man, 34, denies attempting to murder Themba Nkomo, 61, who was attacked in the hallway outside the family’s flat in Wood Green, north London, on Aug. 6, 2021.
Man also denies wounding police constables David Turpin and Luke Smith with intent, when they went to the aid of Nkomo, who was stabbed eight times.
The trial at the Old Bailey has heard Man, who is also known as Sulai Bukhari, had a long-running dispute with Haringey Council’s social services department, which had repeatedly sought to gain access to the flat to check on his children, who have special needs….