‘I can lie and say it is in self-defence’

A son accused of murdering his abusive father insisted he acted in self-defence after his parent punched him first and left him cowering ‘like a little whimpering dog.’ Sean Maurice, 31, stabbed his dad 30 times to the back and chest in Widmore Road, Bromley, southeast London, before fleeing across gardens and climbing onto a shed roof. Paul Maurice, 52, told neighbours he did not want to die as he collapsed on their doorstep, late on 14 September 2021. Sean…