The attacker was arrested and given a £250 fine and a three-year restraining order on the actor and his family.
Benedict Cumberbatch and his family were attacked by a knife-wielding chef at their north London home.
According to him Daily MailCumberbatch, his wife Sophie Hunter and her three young children were at home when Jack Bissella former chef at the Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair, kicked his way through the iron gate to the actor’s front garden, used a fish knife to rip the intercom off the wall and made a series of threats.
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Bissell eventually fled the scene before things could get any worse. He was arrested after the police found his DNA on the intercom. The actor and his family fined him £250 and a three-year restraining order.
A source told the newspaper: “Naturally the whole family was absolutely terrified and thought this guy was going to come in and hurt them. Luckily he never got that far. Benedict and Sophie have spent many sleepless nights since then, worried that they might be attacked again. The fact that it was a targeted intrusion makes it that much scarier.”
The background of the man who attacked Benedict Cumberbatch
This was not the first time Bissell had been arrested. In 2015, the chef was detained in his underwear during a protest against the military intervention in Syria. He also has a prior conviction for robbery, three reprimands for property crimes, a public order offense and a drug offense.
On May 10, the chef pleaded guilty and was sentenced, but details of the case could only be reported last week after blanket restrictions were lifted following a legal challenge by the Daily Mail.
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