Son 'shouted "You killed my dad and I'll kill you" before shooting GP with a CROSSBOW at his surgery'

A "FURIOUS" son shouted "You killed my dad and I'll kill you" moments before he shot a GP with a crossbow, a court heard today.

Mark Waterfall, 46, is said to have looked "dejected" and said, "I can't even get that right" after realising he failed to kill Dr Gary Griffith in his consultation room last July.

Prosecutor Martin Mulgrew told St Albans Crown Court that Mr Waterfall "developed a festering hatred" for Dr Griffifth.

Five days before the incident, Mr Waterfall's dad Terrence went to see Dr Griffith at the Suthergrey House Medical Centre, in North West London, complaining of "breathlessness".

Dr Griffith arranged for him to go to Watford General Hospital where he died the following day.

At around 11am on July 10 last year when he was writing up patients notes, Dr Griffith said Mr Waterfall entered his room appearing "furious" with "his fist was clenched, like his whole body was clenched".

He claimed Mr Waterfall unravelled a "loaded crossbow" from two plastic bags before shooting him from a distance of around five feet, while he was still sitting down.

Giving evidence, Dr Griffith said: "I had to pull the wound apart to check if it had gone into the bowel. I was still sitting down and I removed the bolt and put it on my desk.

"I pulled the wound apart to see how far it had gone in."

The court was told the crossbow used in the incident was capable of causing a fatal injury

The jury heard Mr Griffith was saved from serious injury that day because it had been very hot and he had loosened his shirt by pulling it up from under the waistband of his trousers so that it was gathered in folds around his midriff area.

After Dr Griffith removing the bolt from his stomach, he followed Mr Waterfall to the car park.

He told the court: "I tried to persuade him to go to the police station round the corner. I said I will come with you. I wasn’t sure if he had anything else on him.

But the GP recalls Mr Waterfall saying he had "murdered" his father, before adding: "You have been sending me to a loony bin for 30 years."

The court heard Mr Waterfall had in the past experienced mental health issues, including an eating disorder and depression.

The prosecutor added that after the defendant’s arrest police officers discovered he had documented his anger at the treatment given to his father and himself in a number of video recordings he had made.

A USB stick that was strapped to his toe on his arrest was also found to contain information “files” in which he expressed his anger.

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Mr Mulgrew said they demonstrated the defendant’s “irrational and growing hatred” towards Dr Griffith.

Mr Waterfall is on trial pleading not guilty to a charge of attempted murder.

The jury were told that Mr Waterfall had earlier admitted a charge of wounding Dr Griffith with intent.

The trial continues.

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