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Nazi-obsessed Callum Parslow guilty of attempted murder after stabbing asylum seeker at Worcestershire hotel
A knifeman with Hitler’s signature tattooed on his arm has been found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing an asylum seeker in the chest and hand.
Callum Ulysses Parslow, 31, attacked the man at a hotel in Worcestershire on 2 April as a “protest” against small boat crossings.
Nazi-obsessed Parslow admitted wounding – using a £770 knife bought online – and said he went to stab “one of the Channel migrants” because he was “angry and frustrated”.
CCTV captured the moment before he attacked the man. Pic: West Midlands Police/PA
He tried to publish a “terrorist manifesto” on social media as police closed in and claimed he “just did my duty to England” by attempting to “exterminate” his victim.
Nahom Hagos, from Eritrea in East Africa, was eating in the conservatory of the Pear Tree Inn at Hindlip, near Worcester, when he was attacked.
The 25-year-old victim said it was a “miracle” he survived.
After trying to kill Mr Hagos, Parslow ran towards a canal and was spotted with what appeared to be blood on his hands, Leicester Crown Court heard.
The court was told he tried to post the manifesto on X as police closed in, tagging Tommy Robinson and politicians including Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and Sir Keir Starmer.
However, it failed to send as he copied in too many people.
Others on his list included Laurence Fox, Lee Anderson, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and various news organisations.
Blood which contained a DNA profile matching that of Mr Hagos was found on the blade of the knife abandoned by Parslow.
Nazi memorabilia was found stashed in Parslow’s bedsit. Pic: West Mids Police/PA
Pic: West Midlands Police/PA
Pic: West Midlands Police/PA
The court heard an axe, metal baseball bat and a second knife were found at his bedsit in Bromyard Terrace in Worcester.
Police also discovered a swastika armband, a Nazi-era medallion and copies of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf.
Pic: Counter Terrorism Policing
A knife owned by the would-be killer. Pic: West Midlands Police/PA
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Parslow pleaded guilty to unconnected charges, including a sexual offence, during a three-week trial.
The jury deliberated for just over four hours on Friday before finding him guilty of attempted murder – he will be sentenced on 17 January.
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The court previously heard Mr Hagos, who used to live at the hotel, was visiting a friend and was stabbed after Parslow asked him directions to the toilet.
Prosecutor Tom Storey KC said it was “carefully planned” and “driven by a particular ideology, specifically an extreme right-wing ideology, which had led him to identify and target his victim on the basis of his ethnicity”.