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A pensioner who went on a vicious "stabbing spree" outside a supermarket in Hampton, which left four innocent women suffering "serious and appalling injuries", wanted to "get revenge on police" after being arrested just a day earlier, a court has heard.

Jurors at Kingston Crown Court were on Monday told how Ethem Orhon's frenzied attack was halted only thanks to the "true bravery" of two schoolboys, who distracted him and called the police.

Orhon, 67, of Deacons Walk in Hampton, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted murder and two of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

His victims, Suzanna Brand, 53, Janet Morsy, 63, Jean Sullivan, 68, and Charandasi Chandiramani, 71, were seemingly picked at random during Orhon's rampage in or near the Sainsbury's car park in The Avenue, near Shooting Star Chase's Hampton hospice, on May 20.

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Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay said Orhon wanted to "get revenge on police for what he perceived as their mistreatment of him" after he was stopped by officers 24 hours earlier, who believed he may be in possession of drugs and a knife.

However, the court head the "true bravery" of two schoolboys prevented further bloodshed.

Mr Polnay said the boys warned people Orhon was armed and dangerous before calling police and staying on the line with the 999 operator during the attack.

Speaking of the youngsters, who cannot be named for legal reasons, Mr Polnay said: "Without their help, it may be that more people would have been injured by this man."

'Mentally tortured'

Holding up a knife with a 4-inch blade, Mr Polnay told the jury Orhon "plunged this knife at least 20 times into four innocent members of the public who had been doing their shopping".

Orhon had been picked up a day earlier by police outside a public toilet in Kensington.

Officers suspected he might have drugs but Orhon was found with a Leatherman knife, the jury was told. He was charged with having a bladed article before being released on bail.

Orhon went home, just 10 minutes from the Sainsbury's. He picked up his spare Leatherman knife and went straight back out, the court heard.

He wore the same clothes from the day before and carryied a rucksack containing Turkish identification materials, a UK passport, 1,075 Euros and £307.87 in cash, the jury was told.

The court heard Orhon later said in a police interview he felt "mentally tortured" by police, adding: "I went home and got my other Leatherman. I shouldn't have done it. I feel bad. It was a loss of control. I felt humiliated."

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Miss Brand, who has learning difficulties, was on her way to meet her mother when she was attacked from behind.

"He stabbed her 13 times to the back, side and arms," said Mr Polnay. "She collapsed and all she was able to do was to kick out when she was on the ground.

"She suffered very serious injuries, as you would expect. Her back was covered."

She suffered two collapsed lungs and a laceration to her liver. Horrified onlookers, including the schoolchildren, other shoppers and passers-by, saw the attack.

One of the schoolboys said Miss Brand was in hysterics, screaming: "Did he stab me?"

Ms Sullivan had just finished her weekly shop when she turned round and saw a man behind her.

She was unable to defend herself because she had her hands full with shopping and she felt the man touch her and run off.

As she got into her car and locked the doors, she heard a woman shouting: "Don't stab me" - it is likely this was Ms Morsy, the jury was told.

Ms Sullivan saw the man who hit her walk off "as if nothing had happened", Mr Polnay noted.

It was then she realised she had been stabbed in the back. Her chest wall muscle, her right lung and her liver were damaged.

Miss Chandiramani heard a woman screaming and made eye contact with Orhon, who then "ran towards her at speed", Mr Polnay said.

Despite "running for her life", she felt two hits to her lower back, the court heard.

'Half walk, half shuffle'

Ms Morsy told the jury she had just left her car on her way to work when she heard a woman shouting "there's a man with a knife".

She said: "I looked him in the eye and he looked me in the eye and I said 'please don't hurt me'. He started to lurch towards me. He was looking down on me and I was paralysed to the spot."

Orhon took a "strong" swing and she felt a "thump" to the right side of her chest behind the rib cage before she was stabbed again in the arm trying to protect her upper body.

"I thought I was going to die in Sainsbury's car park," she said. "I was standing there stunned, seeing stars and trying to stay conscious and calm. I could feel the sharp prickling in my chest."

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Miss Chandiramani said Orhone looked "deranged and on a mission" as he stood over one of the women lying on the ground injured.

Feeling "terrified", she ran as fast as she could from the bus stop towards the car park, where there were other people nearby. She felt two hits to the back and was helped by a woman driver.

One of the schoolboys told police the knifeman grunted once or twice but never said a word throughout the rampage, "which made him even more terrifying".

The two youngsters described Orhon as moving in a "half walk, half shuffle". Instinctively, they shouted at passers-by to run away, the court heard.

In a statement, they said: "If we keep him on us he is not hurting anyone else."

The boys added two police officers arrived and pointed a taser at the man, who threw his knife in the air before being arrested.

The trial continues.