A man has been convicted after luring four police officers to an address in Islington with the intent of attacking them.
Alex Traykov, 20, made a hoax 999 call and then stabbed the officers in an unprovoked attack.
Traykov was cleared of attempted murder but convicted of three counts of wounding with intent. There was also a fourth charge of attempted wounding with intent.
A jury deliberated for eight hours and came to a verdict of 10 to 2. The court saw CCTV of the attack during the trial at the Old Bailey.
The court heard that Traykov used the alias “Solomon” to report a fight at a house in Islington on 6 October last year. Within three minutes four constables were at the scene.
Traykov opened the door with a kitchen knife behind his back. Prosecuting, Duncan Atkinson QC told jurors: “Without hesitation or warning and certainly without the slightest provocation from the officers, he raised his right hand and proceeded to attack the officers.”
In his evidence at the Old Bailey, Traykov denied that he meant the officers any harm.
He said he was so “high” on cannabis that he was not thinking straight and claimed he had called 999 to play a “prank” on his friend, then forgot all about it and made crumpets with jam.
He claimed that was why he was still holding a knife when he answered the door.
Following the verdict, the officers spoke of the mental and physical impact of the attack.
Pc Said-Ali described a “roller coaster of emotions” over the past six months.
She said: “Although we are police officers, we are human beings just like the communities we serve.
“We should be able to go to work and do the job we have chosen to do without a fear of not going home to our loved ones at the end of our shift.”
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A man has been convicted after luring four police officers to an address in Islington with the intent of attacking them.
Alex Traykov, 20, made a hoax 999 call and then stabbed the officers in an unprovoked attack.
Traykov was cleared of attempted murder but convicted of three counts of wounding with intent. There was also a fourth charge of attempted wounding with intent.
A jury deliberated for eight hours and came to a verdict of 10 to 2. The court saw CCTV of the attack during the trial at the Old Bailey.
The court heard that Traykov used the alias “Solomon” to report a fight at a house in Islington on 6 October last year. Within three minutes four constables were at the scene.
Traykov opened the door with a kitchen knife behind his back. Prosecuting, Duncan Atkinson QC told jurors: “Without hesitation or warning and certainly without the slightest provocation from the officers, he raised his right hand and proceeded to attack the officers.”
In his evidence at the Old Bailey, Traykov denied that he meant the officers any harm.
He said he was so “high” on cannabis that he was not thinking straight and claimed he had called 999 to play a “prank” on his friend, then forgot all about it and made crumpets with jam.
He claimed that was why he was still holding a knife when he answered the door.
Following the verdict, the officers spoke of the mental and physical impact of the attack.
Pc Said-Ali described a “roller coaster of emotions” over the past six months.
She said: “Although we are police officers, we are human beings just like the communities we serve.
“We should be able to go to work and do the job we have chosen to do without a fear of not going home to our loved ones at the end of our shift.”
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