Killer ‘wielded knives in each hand’

East Ham

  A killer wielded knives in each hand as he stabbed a man through the heart after calling the victim an ‘Irish c–t’, a court heard. Keith Nelson, 51, was caught on CCTV plunging a blade into Alfred Purcell’s chest outside a newsagents in East Ham, east London, on June 26. The victim’s sister, Connie Purcell, tried to intervene and suffered a cut to her breast during the attack, the Old Bailey heard. Nothing could be done to save Mr…

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