A former chef attacked and damaged Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter’s £3.5 million (around $5.9 million CAD) London, U.K.
home, it’s been revealed. Jack Bissell, 35, kicked his way through the couple’s front garden’s iron gate, wielding a fish knife and shouting: “I know you’ve moved here, I hope it burns down.” A court was told details of the attack earlier this month, the BBC reported.
Cumberbatch, Hunter and their three children were home at the time. READ MORE: Benedict Cumberbatch To Star In And Executive Produce Netflix’s Dark Drama ‘Eric’ Bissell — who has been given a three-year restraining order against Cumberbatch and his family and the area they live in — pulled up a plant and threw it at their garden wall, as well as spitting at the intercom and pulling it loose using the fish knife he was holding.
Bissell — who fled the scene — was said to have been arrested after cops found his DNA on the intercom. He’s since pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Wood Green Crown Court on May 10.
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