Your walking down the streets of London when suddenly...

Skyuser

...you see this axe murderer :eek: :eek:

A man was beheaded in a frenzied and prolonged axe attack in a London street today [14-03-05].

The axeman, smartly-dressed and in his thirties, felled his victim with one blow and then struck repeatedly "as if he was chopping wood".

The assault lasted several minutes near the Hampstead Theatre in Belsize Park. The attacker ignored his victim's screams and the pleas of two women passers-by and workmen. He stopped when police arrived. He then put down the axe near the body. He was described as looking "emotionless and cool" throughout.

When asked why he had done it, he told officers: "It's complicated. It's private."

Mothers on the morning school run were among those who saw the killing in Eton Avenue.

Police said the victim was in his sixties and is thought to have lived nearby.

Officers do not think it was a random attack and understand that the men knew each other.

A neighbour said there had been a series of domestic rows at a nearby address.

A scaffolder working nearby saw a man carrying an axe in one hand above his head as he ran towards his victim. The men were seen to exchange a few words.

Seconds later the axeman struck the first of a series of heavy blows which continued when the victim lay slumped on the pavement in a pool of blood.

The workman said: "It was unremitting. The man with the axe ran at his victim and just laid into him.

"He brought it down on his head and floored him. The victim had tried to defend himself with his arms and I heard him shout something. But it was hopeless.

"Within seconds he was on the floor and his head had been split open. There was blood pouring from his head and spilling onto the pavement. It was horrific."

Avelina Rodrigues, 48, said the attacker ignored her pleas to stop as he brought blow after blow down upon his victim, leaving the body badly mutilated.

She said: "I heard the first thuds of the axe as it hit the man's head. I thought it was the sound of a child being hit by a car.

"I ran to the front of the house and could see a man, smartly dressed, tall and thin, with the axe in his hand.

"The axeman saw me but he just ignored me. He hacked his victim's head, cutting it as if it was a block of wood for a fire. His victim was unconscious on the ground, but he kept bringing his axe down on him.

"I begged him to stop and he just looked at me without emotion. There was no anger in his face, he did not seem crazy. He was just coolly finishing off his victim. He wanted to destroy him. ."

Another woman passing in a car stopped and pleaded with the man to stop his attack. He also ignored pleas from builders working nearby. Police arrested a man at the scene and he is being held for questioning at Holborn police station.

Eton Avenue is known as one the most exclusive streets in north London with a host of multi-million-pound properties. Belsize Park is also the home to a host of celebrities, including Jude Law, his estranged wife, Sadie Frost, Gwyneth Paltrow and her rock star husband, Chris Martin.

BFassassin

thats not something yu hear every day

Jack Bauer

I think i say for one and all when i say wtf!:eek:

mike65

Nice to see the local colour details in the last paragraph.

Mike.

SpAcEd OuT

jesus i wonder what he did

phantom_lord

Wow, that's not something that you hear everyday. The last paragraph seems very out of place. Someone in the paper have a house up for sale?

The_Minister

A neighbour left the music on too loud.....

Lirange

On the verge of vomiting now.

blu_sonic

Christ I lived in that area

Hugh Hefner

Bateman strikes again.

Banphrionsa

Was the Tower of London nearby? In the report, were they sure the victim was a man, and not Mary Queen of Scots?:rolleyes:

county

crazy southern twats:D

Banphrionsa

county wrote:

crazy southern twats:D

Southern?

Ruu_Old

That would be very strange and seeing that definately

John R

mike65 wrote:

Nice to see the local colour details in the last paragraph.

Mike.

Axeing someone to death is now only a crime when a celebrity is inconvenienced by it.

besty

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Bateman strikes again.

That's exactly what I thought when I read this.

Crucifix

besty wrote:

That's exactly what I thought when I read this.

Heh, me too.

Dave!

Nasty...

Look at the date though, [14-03-05]. Did this not make news, or was I just sleeping that day?

Hobbes

DaveMcG wrote:

Nasty...

Look at the date though, [14-03-05]. Did this not make news, or was I just sleeping that day?

Sleeping that day. was wondering why it was dragged up though. I'm sure you will see similar copies with the date removed in the next few days to come.

Oriel

That sounds more like a story-teller than a newspaper report.
Where's the original source?

S.

Oriel

Actually, after a quick google, it appears to be real, just a really strange reporting tone.

jobonar

my god thats a nasty way to die! :eek: i'd say the ppl who saw that wont forget it anytime soon!

magpie

Nice to see the local colour details in the last paragraph.

The mark of quality journalism....

As for the axe attack? Seems like a pretty run of the mill gay lovers tiff to me. Nothing to see here, move along.

kaizersoze

Related story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1526765_1,00.html

Repli

When asked why he had done it, he told officers: "It's complicated. It's private."

Oh. That's ok then..

dimerocks

Post Mortem reveals he was killed with a freaking axe!! Whats the point

Sleepy

Did anything come out about why he did it?

Dave!

He was testing out his axe.

jobonar

i no its probably just standard procedure but ya gotta think a post mortem is a waste of time! we all no wat the cause of death was! :rolleyes:

r3nu4l

Yeah, this is for real and it got widespread coverage on the UK news the day it happened. It was on BBC News on TV and the website, the ITV TV news, the channel 4 news and on several other websites.

Why bring it up again over a year later? Just for titillation? Why is it important to Boards readers?

Blisterman

Yeah, I remember reading about it in the english sensationalist newspapers, when it happened. Dunno if it made Irish News or not.

Skyuser

I opened this thread because I never heard about this story before. By the looks of, lots of others didn't either.

Piste

Wow that's some nasty stuff.

The attacker said "you've had this coming for 20 years"

Maybe the victim abused his or something when he was a child?

Not that I'm trying to accuse anyone of anything, I'm just interested in motives.

drdre

OMG thats so weird really.i would hate to go near him:D

cil_aine

i used to live near there. it gives off the allusion that nothing bad ever happens there but some of the people are so highly strung it's unreal.

Dyr

why is someone posting a story thats over a year old?

Dave!

Because you touch yourself at night!

Pigman II

Just goes to further highlight that all cat-lovers are mentally unstable imho.