By Abdulkarīm Ādam
Vincent Fuller, 50, lunged at 19-year-old Dimitar Mihaylov’s neck with a 12-inch kitchen knife through a car window in a Tesco car park in Stanwell, west London, on the night of March 16. He calmly said “you’re going to die” in an “evil way” before plunging the blade into the victim’s left hand, which he raised to defend himself, Kingston Crown Court heard on Thursday.
Fuller, of Viola Avenue, before the attack, wrote on Facebook to get "non-English ... out of England" and showing support for the events in New Zealand.
Fuller pleaded guilty to attempted murder over the attack at a previous hearing and prosecutors say he is a far-right terrorist who, in the hours leading up to the attack, was heard shouting: “All Muslims should die. White supremacists rule. I’m going to murder a Muslim.”
He also praised and show support for the actions of Brenton Tarrant, the Australian who carried out the New Zealand shootings, which left 51 Muslims dead, after watching a livestream video of the atrocity. He said: “I agree with what than man did in New Zealand as we will not be brainwashed…”
In a video played to the court, Fuller was seen carrying a baseball bat and seeking entry into a house, shouting racist abuse. He walked along a road swinging a bat at cars before returning home to arm himself with a 12-inch kitchen knife, the court heard, he then racially abused the armed officers who arrested him, calling them "immigrant scums" and "race traitors"
Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay described how a neighbour heard him say: "All Muslims should die. White supremacists rule. I'm going to murder a Muslim."
In a post, he wrote: “I am English, no matter what the government say kill all the non English and get them all out of our of England. We ate (sic) English.”
Judge Peter Lodder QC said he must decide whether the attack is “terrorist connected” before sentencing him on Friday or next week.
Fuller has 24 previous convictions for 59 offences, including a six-year prison sentence in 1998 for robbery after he stole handbags from elderly women.