Machete attacker found guilty

LONDON - Horrett Campbell, the man who injured seven children and adults with a machete at a school nursery's picnic on July …

LONDON - Horrett Campbell, the man who injured seven children and adults with a machete at a school nursery's picnic on July 8th, was yesterday found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder.

A paranoid schizophrenic, Campbell (33), of Villiers House, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton was obsessed by Dunblane killer Thomas Hamilton, Stafford Crown Court had heard.

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