He tried to kill woman when she turned him down

An Iceland employee who repeatedly stabbed a woman when she rejected his advances is facing years behind bars. Joseph Martelli, 23, launched the frenzied knife attack after the 23-year-old stepped away as he tried to kiss her at his home in Holloway, north London. Martelli snarled: ‘Is it because I am black?’ then pushed her to the ground and stranged her, before stabbing the 23-year-old multiple times. The pair had been friends and his children were asleep as he launched…

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