Moment teen found cowering in bush by cops after he knifed neighbour 51 times – as he sniffs ‘I didn't mean to'
THIS is the moment a teen was found hiding in a bush after he stabbed a neighbour 51 times.
Haiden Tomlin sniffed "I didn't mean to" to cops after they discovered him cowering outside a block of flats in Maidstone, Kent.
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The 19-year-old had just brutally knifed his neighbour, leaving him with a punctured lung, broken rib, and clinging on to life.
Police bodycam footage shows the topless thug cowering in bushes.
Officers repeatedly shout for him to put his hands behind his back, as Tomlin refuses.
Further clips reveal the teen shivering in handcuffs by the side of the road as he says "I didn't mean to do it".
He is then bundled into the back of a police van and taken into custody.
CCTV footage from inside the building also showed the 19-year-old calmly pacing around the corridors before the horror unfolded.
Tomlin launched the callous assault against his victim, who lived on the same floor, in the early hours of September 1 last year.
Kent Police were called at just before 3am after the pair became embroiled in a fight inside someone else's flat.
By the time cops arrived, Tomlin had ran away, but officers discovered the victim with 51 stab wounds.
Witnesses told the force a man had fled covered in blood and Tomlin was located by 4.50am.
Officers also found a discarded lock knife and multi-tool outside the block of flats.
Tomlin was charged with attempted murder and pleaded not guilty at Maidstone Crown Court.
The 19-year-old claimed he had acted in self-defence.
The case went to trial and he was convicted of an alternative charge of wounding with intent.
He was today sentenced to five years and nine months' imprisonment.
Det Const Nell Shortis, of Kent Police, said: "Tomlin argued his actions were in response to also being assaulted, however the sheer number of injuries he inflicted demonstrate a brutal and ferocious attack and one which the victim was fortunate to survive.
"There can never be an excuse to carry weapons and any assault with a knife has the potential to end in tragedy.
"If you decide to carry a blade or associate with individuals that do, you put yourself at risk of being seriously injured or worse."
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