A monkey dust addict from the Midlands waved a knife at a terrified neighbour before kung fu kicking a bush. Carlo Vella believed he was being attacked by 'demons and devils'.

The man, from Staffordshire, would spend £70-a-week on his habit. The 39-year-old walked towards the retired victim while wielding the blade as she stood outside her Newcastle flat. Prosecutor Antony Longworth told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court the woman was waiting for a neighbour outside her flat at Stoneyfields Court, Sandy Lane, Newcastle, at 9pm on August 25 when she became aware of the defendant. Mr Longworth said: “He was coming towards her and he had a knife in front of him at the time. She believed it might have been a machete. It was difficult to tell because he was swinging the knife about very quickly. “She was terrified. She and her neighbour ran in her flat and immediately called the police. “The defendant appeared to be engaging in kung fu with the bushes. She could hear him screaming and shouting outside. “The police arrived and found the defendant huddled on to the floor. He was muttering under his breath. He was under the influence of something. He was cuffed. The knife was seized.”

Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cfr-network/support

Broadcast on:

25 Jul 2019