(BBC) A man accused of knifing a pensioner to death in the street also broke into his housemate’s bedroom and repeatedly stabbed him, a court heard.
Ahmed Alid, 45, attacked sleeping Javed Nouri at their shared accommodation in Hartlepool, days after the Hamas attacks last October.
Mr Nouri, 31, managed to fight Mr Alid off, and the accused fled into the town centre where he fatally stabbed Terence Carney, 70, Teesside Crown Court was told.
Mr Alid denies murder and the attempted murder of his housemate.
The court heard Mr Alid was a Moroccan asylum seeker living with three other men, including Mr Nouri, at a property on Wharton Terrace in Hartlepool.
