Oxford hospital patient claims he strangled nurse in self defence.

A man accused of attempting to murder two nurses at a mental health centre said he was attacked first and was acting in self-defence. Ibraheem Shan, 26, is on trial in Oxford Crown Court for two counts of attempted murder.

He is accused of attempting to strangle Terence Mabiza and Obvious Kamanga on January 22 and 30 of last year, respectively. Both were nurses at Littlemore Hospital, where Shan from Standing Way in Eaglestone was a patient at the time.

Shan had denied two counts of attempted murder but pleaded guilty to two counts of deliberate strangulation, a lesser charge. On August 26, Shan testified from the witness box.

In response to queries from defence barrister Parveen Mansoor, he told the jury that he was ’embarrassed’ by what he had done.

When asked about his sentiments when he arrived to the hospital, he stated, “I just didn’t want to be there.” I was ill, yet I did not want to murder anyone. “I believed I was a hostage.

I was extremely afraid. I heard voices and saw things that didn’t exist. It was not a pleasant moment of time.” He told the jury that when he attacked Mr.

Mabiza, he was trying to move him out of the way so he could leave. When asked, “Did you intend to kill him?” he answered, “No, not at all.”

The jury previously heard that the second incident, involving Mr Kamanga, began when Shan was suspected of watching an extreme video on his mobile phone.

Shan explained: “I was watching YouTube shorts. The first was a bodybuilding video, while the second was from the Netflix series Lucifer.

“It just showed people fighting each other.” When questioned if it was a terrorist video, Shan said, “No, there is no chance of that.” He recalled:

“I was locked in a large area by Obvious and he threatened me with seclusion and I started having an episode and panicking.”

Shan alleged that Mr Kamanga strangled him first, and he was acting in self-defence. He stated, “I wouldn’t have strangled Mr Kamanga if he hadn’t strangled me first. He came coming at me.

“He threatened to take me to seclusion if I continued to watch ‘beheading’ videos.” It was in an aggressive manner, it wasn’t kind.” 

Neil Moore, the prosecutor, asked Shan why the hospital staff’s evidence told a different tale about the events leading up to the attack.

Shan responded: “I think they are covering up for their mistake and how they treated me.”

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