Thug tried to murder innocent man after row over Airbnb

DANGEROUS OFFENDER JAILED FOR 11 YEARS FOR VICIOUS ATTACK

- ADAM EVERETT

A THUG tried to murder a man when a row over an Airbnb bathroom descended into violence.

Gerry Anketell repeatedly stabbed his innocent victim after he attempted to intervene in the dispute, which erupted when the knifeman began hammering on the toilet door while a woman was using the facilities.

He was labelled "potentially very volatile and wholly unpredictable" by a judge as he was locked up for more than a decade, having pleaded guilty to attempted murder.

But he was spared a life sentence over the vicious attack, which was "launched without warning, provocation or any need whatsoever".

Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday that couple Hajimohamed and Ursha Ramumathan were staying at an Airbnb on Wavertree Road in Edge Hill, which comprised of a series of private bedrooms and communal toilet and kitchen facilities, on February 17 this year. While the husband was working downstairs in a business premises within the same building, his wife went to use a firstfloor WC at around 8.30am.

But Henry Riding, prosecuting, described how Anketell, who was also staying at the same accommodation, "began shouting and banging on the bathroom door aggressively".