Posted: 5:00 PM, August 4, 2022
A woman stabbed in the neck by a killer has said she feels “blessed” to be alive after confronting a man she believes intended to kill three people.
Jamie Crosby has been arrested following the murder of Dean Allsop – Picture: Norfolk Police
Jamie Crosby, 48, was found guilty of murdering Dean Allsopp, 41, in Primrose Crescent, Thorpe St Andrew, on April 14 last year.
Norwich Crown Court heard Crosby stabbed him 17 times after becoming angry at the noise of a motorcycle belonging to Mr Allsop’s son.
Dean Allsop, left, pictured with partner Louise Newell. Photo courtesy of Norfolk Police. – Photo: Norfolk Constabulary
Crosby was also found guilty of willfully wounding Mr Allsopp’s partner, Louise Newell, and neighbor Kerin Kray.
He will be sentenced next month.
Miss Kray, 53, was alerted to the screams of Miss Newell, who was then stabbed by Crosby, and tried to grab him before he pounced on her.
Jamie Crosby found guilty of murdering Dean Allsop – Picture: Norfolk Police
The mother-of-two, who was stabbed in the neck, said: “The devil (Crosby) didn’t get me but he did well.
“I believe he thought he killed me.
“He could have come back, but he believed he had killed me.
“I wasn’t meant to live and neither was Louise, but we got through it (Crosby).
“I’m glad I was there to make a difference.
“I think the three of us should have been killed.”
After the stabbing, Miss Kray suffered “life-changing injuries”, including lacerations to her neck, throat and ear, and has a permanent loss of feeling on one side of her head.
After Crosby was sentenced, she said: “Let every day be hell for him.”
A forensic van and a police car cordoned off Primrose Crescent. – Credit: Peter Walsh
During the incident, Miss Cray also tried to check for signs of life on Mr Allsop, but sadly found that he had passed away.
Miss Cray, whose partner of more than 20 years Richard Richardson, known as ‘Teach’, took his own life in 2014, said she was delighted to be with Mr Allsop in his final moments after the support he gave her, after losing her partner.
She said: “Dean was there when my partner took his own life in 2014.
“Dean came over every morning and made me a cup of tea.
“At least I could be by his side.”
Police in Primrose Crescent after Dean Allsop was fatally stabbed – Credit: Peter Walsh
As well as losing her partner in 2014, Miss Cray was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and after the tragic events of April last year, feels “blessed” to still be here.
Miss Kray, who relies on her faith, said: “It’s been a terrible eight years.
“I’m a very strong person – there aren’t many things that can overwhelm me.”
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