(BBC) A man who attacked a shopper in a Marks & Spencer store would have continued to stab her if his weapon had not jammed in her handbag strap, a jury has heard.
Munawar Hussain, 58, stabbed Janet Dell and the store manager in Burnley, Lancashire, on 2 December 2020.
Mrs Dell told police she felt “something on her back” before realising a knife blade was embedded in the leather strap of her bag.
Mr Hussain has denied attempted murder at Manchester Crown Court.
He has also pleaded not guilty to two alternative counts of wounding with intent.
The defendant has said he carried out the attacks because he believed the retailer funded Israel in what he described as its “persecution” of Palestine.
