Wealthy Art Collector’s Son Found to Have Stabbed Housekeeper, Believing She Was a Demon

Maximillian Bourne, deemed mentally unfit for trial, attacked Joselia Pereira Do Nascimento in his Chelsea home and was found to have committed attempted murder by a jury.

• Maximillian Bourne, 26, attacked live-in housekeeper Joselia Pereira Do Nascimento with a knife and strangled her, believing she was a demon, at his family's Chelsea home on February 25, 2024.
• Nascimento sustained severe injuries, including stab wounds to her scalp, face, neck, and chest, and a punctured lung, but managed to escape and call for help.
• Bourne, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, was tried in absentia at Southwark Crown Court, where a jury found he committed attempted murder.
• Evidence presented included Bourne’s 999 call, where he described the victim as a 'demon woman' and asked police not to bring guns, claiming he was a 'nice boy from Chelsea.'
• The court indicated it is 'almost inevitable' Bourne will remain in a secure hospital, with sentencing scheduled for February 25, 2025.

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