The mother of a man accused of the murder of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton has told a court that she still suffers nightmares about her son's attack which also left her paralysed.
Thomas Schreiber, 35, allegedly murdered Sir Richard Sutton, 83, and stabbed his mother Anne Schreiber following months of resentment over inheritance and at how he thought they had treated his late father.
The 35-year-old has previously admitted the manslaughter of Sir Richard, and pleaded guilty to driving a Range Rover dangerously on the A303, A4 and M3.
The attack happened at Sir Richard's £2 million Moorhill estate near Gillingham, Dorset, which he shared with the Schreiber family following the separation of the defendant's parents.
Anne Schreiber was paralysed in the attack and remains in hospital seven months later.
Now, a video interview with Anne has revealed how the attack took place. The 66-year-old said she had returned from the supermarket at about 6pm and had just fed the dogs in the kitchen, when her son came in and attacked her with a 'nice and sharp' kitchen knife.
She added: 'He certainly didn't look like he was going to help me peel potatoes, let's put it that way.'
Sir Richard Sutton, 83, had a knife plunged 12cm into his heart as he was stabbed to death at his £2m home
Thomas Schreiber, 34, listening to his mother Anne Schreiber, who appeared via video link, at Winchester Crown Court, where he is on trial accused of the murder of Sir Richard Sutton and the attempted murder of his mother
In a video interview shown to the court, recorded at Salisbury Hospital on June 29, 2021, the 66-year-old is sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a pink top and grey scarf, holding a pillow.
She told the court that she had returned from the supermarket at about 6pm and had just fed the dogs in the kitchen, when her son came in and attacked her with a 'nice and sharp' kitchen knife.
She said: 'I am quite happy, possibly singing a little tune, but I am in a good mood when Tom comes in to the kitchen.
'Tom comes into the kitchen. Tom looks unusual, I think that is the best description, his eyes are quite, weird is not the word, almost frightening look, because they look terribly, terribly determined.
'I say 'What's the matter?' or 'Are you all right?', and I see a knife and I remember saying 'Don't be so silly', because he gives me an indication.'
She added: 'He stood with his knife, he certainly didn't look like he was going to help me peel potatoes, let's put it that way, it was definitely a threatening posture.'
Ms Schreiber continued: 'I believe that he stabbed me, I received some stab wounds from him and I remember looking at the knife in me and being surprised that it doesn't hurt.
'I am also remembering me saying 'What are you doing?' or something ridiculous like that, and being very surprised that it doesn't hurt more.
'Then I believe, I may be wrong, that Richard comes in from the other living room, shouting and screaming, he was definitely alive because I did see him.'
She added: 'I remember him stabbing me again and then I do not know what happens to Richard.
'I honestly can't say that I have seen Richard being stabbed by Tom, but I know I am, that's for sure.
Schreiber has admitted manslaughter over the hotelier's death but denies murdering him. He pleads not guilty to the attempted murder of his mother (pictured with Thomas)
'He also goes behind me towards the island, and I do believe he stabs me on the back at that time, and I am afraid that is as far as my memory goes.'
The defendant sat with his head facing down for much of his mother's evidence, looking up occasionally at the screen.
She continued: 'He was definitely not himself, I would swear on oath that the man who came in my kitchen could have been a total stranger, he looked not out of normal but unusual, because I was shocked when I saw him.
'His eyes were very unusual, his face was screwed up in an extraordinary grimace, he looked very, very out of control.'
She added: 'I have some awful nightmares relating to this time, in my head, but they are not real so I can't use them - I was trapped and he was my captor but they are not real.'
Mrs Schreiber said Sir Richard had been in his study or living room while she was in the kitchen when Schreiber began attacking her.
She said: 'I think I'm just cooking quite happily, might even be singing a little although I don't really have any voice to sing with. But I'm in a good mood.
'I'm standing with my back to the door... when Thomas comes in to the kitchen where we have a big island.
'I heard a kerfuffle... to make me turn around and go towards the island in the middle of the room where Tom is standing.
'Thomas looked unusual... His eyes were quite weird... I would say almost frightening to look at because they looked terribly, terribly determined.
'I received some stabs from him and I remember looking at the knife in me and being surprised that it didn't hurt more.
Thomas Schreiber, 35, allegedly murdered Sir Richard Sutton, 83, and stabbed his mother Anne Schreiber following months of resentment
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