A MAN publicly confessed to murdering his father in the middle of a street, a woman told a court.

Rebecca Wilson said she ran outside after overhearing a commotion between two men near her home in Norton, Worcester, last year.

The mother believes one of the men declared ‘I’m Daryl Sampson and you can do me for murder or attempted murder.’

She added that she saw the male stamp on the head of Robert Sampson, who died in Crookbarrow Road, Norton.

Daryl Sampson is currently on trial for his murder at Birmingham Crown Court, although he denies the offence.

Ms Wilson said: “There was me and my four-year-old son at the house.

“I did get into bed but then I got out because I heard voices.

“There was a loud angry voice and the other voice was higher pitched, moaning and groaning.”

Ms Wilson said she looked out of her bedroom window and saw one man wearing a hoodie punching another male.

She added that the attacker stamped on the other man’s head two or three times and then walked off, although he returned later.

“He went over to the man on the floor and knelt down by him. I saw him get up in his face and swear at him,” she said.

“A little while later a policeman arrived. I think he said [to the police] my name is Daryl Sampson and you can do me for murder or attempted murder.”

Birmingham Crown Court previously heard from Tahir Khan QC, prosecuting, how Daryl Sampson plunged a knife through his father’s ribcage and punctured his heart.

Resident Andrew Bradley said he also witnessed the incident unfold after returning home from West Midland Safari Park with his children on November 16.

He told the court he saw a man kick Mr Sampson in the head and then wander off.

However, he said the assailant later returned and started shouting at the father, who was lying on the ground.

He added: “To my recollection he said ‘I’ve stabbed you bruv’.”

The attacker then grabbed Mr Sampson by the lapels, pulled his body towards him and slammed him back down to the ground, Mr Bradley said.

He added: “It’s probably the most violent thing I’ve ever seen.

“He said ‘I’m glad I [expletive] killed you.’ He then picked up the body again and slammed it down again.”

The resident added that the offender once again walked away from the scene, only to return shortly after.

By this time people had gathered near the body and when the attacker returned he was confronted by local dog walker Daniel Wheeler.

Mr Wheeler told the court he was walking his dogs when he heard shouting.

He walked towards the commotion and noticed a suspicious man go past him on the way.

The same man appeared next to him when he found Mr Sampson, who he said was gasping for air.

Mr Wheeler said: “He was shouting ‘you deserve everything you get’ - along those lines.

“He crouched down almost face to face to say it. He then stood back and went back down and smacked him round the face with his palm.

“I believe I said ‘what do you think you are doing?’ That’s when he came face to face with me and said ‘don’t tell me what I can and can’t do’.

“I thought we were going to fight. I thought he was going to have a go at me, that’s what I was preparing for.

“He said it was his father. He said he had stabbed him. I started to realise he had potentially got a knife on him and I said you need to calm down.”

The resident agreed with Rachel Brand QC, defending, that Sampson had backed away from him after he asked him to relax.

Swimming teacher William Hadley was with Mr Wheeler when the confrontation occurred.

Mr Hadley had been tending to Mr Sampson and said he spotted blood on Sampson’s white shoe laces when he approached the group.

The court also heard that another neighbour put a white blanket over Mr Sampson to keep him warm.

High Court judge Sir Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury is presiding over the proceedings.

The trial continues.