The man from Nottingham who was riding an e-scooter when he stabbed five complete strangers in the street has been identified by the police. A paranoid schizophrenic named Junior Dietlin stalked four victims in Mansfield and one in Mapperley, stabbing them once in the upper arm before fleeing.
When he appeared for sentencing at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, April 12, he was granted an indefinite hospital order. The now-20-year-old’s actions from February 8–12 of last year were brought before the court. He was found guilty on four charges of having a bladed object in a public place and five counts of intentionally inflicting wounds.
Medical evidence given said the then-teenager believed people were watching and recording him and that his mother was trying to poison his food leading to “a significant amount of weight loss”. Junior Dietlin attacked four of his victims in and around Mansfield town centre on the evenings of February 11 and 12.
Each of the victims reported being stabbed in the arm in unprovoked attacks by a man riding a lime green coloured electric scooter. Another victim was assaulted in a similar attack in Blyth Street, Mapperley, on the evening of February 8.
Nottinghamshire Police arrested Dietlin, of Ransom Drive, Nottingham on February 13. After being challenged by an officer in Devon Drive, he tried to get away on his scooter.
However, he was chased down by a police dog which latched onto his arm and dragged him
to the ground. Detective Constable Matthew Fagan said: “The victims in this case were simply going about their daily business when they were subjected to entirely unprovoked acts of violence by Dietlin, who, after stabbing them in the arm, calmly walked or scooted away from the scene.
“I would also like to pay tribute to the actions of the police dog and his handler who acted so quickly to bring this man down. It really is a great example of what a well-trained police dog and handler can achieve in the service of the public.
