Killer sobs as he is cleared of murdering his ‘abusive’ father

A son who stabbed his ‘cruel and violent’ father to death after suffering years of abuse wept as he was cleared of murder by a jury. Sean Maurice, 31, stabbed car salesman dad Paul Maurice 30 times to the back and chest, before fleeing across gardens and climbing onto a shed roof. Mr Maurice, 52, told neighbours he did not want to die as he collapsed bleeding on their doorstep in Widmore Road, Bromley, southeast London, late on 14 September…

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