Philip Tarver: Last News

SurreyLive reports. Songwriter Philip Tarver, 47, had taken cocaine and drunk beer and vodka before he attacked 86-year-old Angela Tarver with an ornamental sword, the Old Bailey heard.

A man accused of decapitating his elderly mother looked "demented", his father has told jurors.

court has heard. Philip Tarver, 47, allegedly attacked Angela Tarver and threatened to kill his 83-year-old father Colin at the family home in Woking, Surrey, on December 19 last year.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA man stabbed his 86-year-old mother with an ornamental sword then decapitated her and put her head in the freezer, a court has heard.Philip Tarver, 47, allegedly attacked Angela Tarver and threatened his 83-year-old father Colin at the family home in Woking, Surrey, on December 19 last year.Opening his murder trial at the Old Bailey, Alexandra Healy QC said: "It is the prosecution case that at around midday that day, in the kitchen of the address, the defendant stabbed his mother in the chest with an ornamental sword, killing her."Brandishing that sword in the dining room of the property he argued with and threatened to kill his