(BBC) An asylum seeker who fatally stabbed a pensioner in the street told jurors he “lost his mind” after feeling stress build up.
Ahmed Alid, 45, is charged with murdering Terence Carney, 70, in Hartlepool town centre, minutes after repeatedly knifing his sleeping housemate Javed Nouri, 31.
Mr Alid admits stabbing both men in the early hours of October 15, but denies murder and attempted murder.
Under cross-examination by Jonathan Sandiford KC, Mr Alid told Teesside Crown Court he was feeling stressed when he came across Mr Carney.
