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Aylesbury pensioner, 80, who stabbed neighbour denies murder
A 76-year-old man died after an 80-year-old neighbour hit him with a hammer then stabbed him with a kitchen knife, a trial has been Kindell attacked John Jones at their flats complex in Silverdale Close in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in January, a jury Miranda Moore KC said the two men had been involved in a long-running dispute over smoking and noise and Mr Kindell "didn't like" Mr said jurors would have to decide whether the defendant, who denies murder, was guilty of that offence or of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
'No, no, no'
Two women had gone to help after seeing Mr Jones being attacked with a hammer in a foyer area at the block of flats where the two men Moore said as the women arrived, Mr Jones managed to disarm Mr said the accused had then "retreated upstairs".One of the women had called 999 - and Mr Jones spoke to an emergency services Moore told jurors: "Mr Jones said 'I walked in the door to go into my flat and this bloke from upstairs started hitting me with a hammer'."She said Mr Kindell then returned with a knife and stabbed Mr Jones to words "what have you got" and "no, no, no" followed by screaming, were recorded by the 999 call handlers, she added.
The prosecuting counsel said no-one disputed that Mr Jones was killed by Mr Kindell in a foyer area in the block of flats where they lived."We say this is murder," Ms Moore told the trial."There was a rational motive."The two men had a long-running dispute which went back years."She added that Mr Jones smoked outside Mr Kindell's window - which "irritated" the said Mr Jones also complained about noise coming from Mr Kindell's flat she told jurors how Mr Kindell denied said lawyers representing him argued he had an "abnormality of mental function" which meant his responsibility for the killing of Mr Jones was "diminished".
Ms Moore has outlined the prosecution case in an opening statement and jurors are due to begin hearing evidence on trial is expected to end later this Kindell watched proceedings from the dock and Judge Jonathan Cooper told jurors that the accused was sitting with nurses who would be with him throughout the added: "We will go at a pace that is appropriate for Mr Kindell."The trial continues.
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