Chilling footage shows the moment a paranoid schizophrenic lies to police after he was arrested for fatally stabbing a grandfather on a mobility scooter in a ‘motiveless’ attack.
Former armed robber Lee Byer, who has 15 convictions for 30 crimes, stabbed Thomas O’Halloran, 87, in the neck and chest in a west London underpass.
He was today sentenced to an indefinite hospital order at Broadmoor after admitting the killing, which took place just five days after being released from prison.
As Byer fled, dumping the knife shortly afterwards, his dying victim – who had been busking to raise money for Ukraine – travelled for 75 yards on his scooter desperately trying to find someone to help him before bleeding to death.
In police cam footage showing Byer’s arrest, the 45-year-old can be seen plainly lying to the officers, claiming: ‘I’ve not got a clue what you’re talking about… Before you go any further I was in prison so it’s impossible what you’re talking about.’
