Man yelled ‘I want to kill Muslims’ and stabbed passenger

 A schizophrenic man screamed “I want to kill all the Muslims” before stabbing a train passenger in the head, a court was told.

Adrian Brown, 38, was said to be suffering a “severe psychotic episode” when he stabbed Muhammed Ali on a London Overground carriage on December 12 last year.

The intervention of other passengers may have saved the victim’s life, the trial at Southwark Crown Court heard.

Mr Brown accepted he carried out the attack but pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder on the grounds of insanity.

Alan Kent QC, prosecuting, said: “The defendant was living in a hostel. On the morning of December 12, he left that hostel armed with a knife. He was determined to find and kill Muslim men.”

Mr Ali suffered injuries to his head and torso, as well as a punctured lung.

Mr Brown, from south-east London, appeared via video link from Broadmoor Hospital during the hearing. The court heard that two psychiatrists had determined he was insane at the time of the attack.