A Fife restaurant worker killed a colleague with a single knife blow.
Abdul Foyez knifed Mohammed Salim Uddin, 44, in the chest at the Gulshan Tandoori in Inverkeithing on September 17 2021.
The 27 year-old fled the scene and dumped the knife but was bravely confronted by two men, who alerted police.
Foyez had faced a murder charge at a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow but he was acquitted after prosecutors accepted he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time.
‘Help me, save my life’
Prosecutor Alan Parfery told how Foyez had moved to Inverkeithing two weeks before the killing and stayed with Mr Uddin, originally from Bangladesh, at a bedsit.
The pair were working that afternoon at the restaurant, along with others.
They were said to be in “good spirits” as they helped staff carry in supplies but the court was told that suddenly changed.
Mr Parfery said: “One worker was in the process of bringing drinks into the restaurant when he heard Mr Uddin shouting: “Help me, save my life’.”
Foyez appeared “angry” while clutching a large kitchen knife and his apron covered in blood.
He ran out of the restaurant while other staff dialled 999 and went to help Mr Uddin.
The victim was found crouched over in the bloody kitchen.
He was rushed into an ambulance but became unresponsive.
Despite efforts to revive him, Mr Uddin never recovered.
Died from single stab wound
A delivery driver meantime spotted Foyez on the street looking “agitated” and still armed.
Two other men in a car also saw him and decided to follow.
He was seen initially putting the knife on a wall before picking it up and eventually ditching it in a bin at Inverkeithing train station.
Mr Parfery said: “The men got out and approached Foyez.
“They told him to sit down and put his hands behind his back.
“Police attended and arrested him.”
The court heard Mr Uddin died from a fatal, single stab wound.
Foyez – who had no previous convictions – is currently held at the state hospital at Carstairs.
Psychiatrists concluded he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
His attendance was excused for the hearing on Thursday.
‘Trapped and panicking’
Ian Duguid KC, defending, said: “He gave an explanation of having been trapped in the kitchen and panicking.
“He thought he was in danger and gave a description of self defence.
“Subsequent examination of the situation is that this explanation is only his perception and likely to be a manifestation of his condition.”
Lord Armstrong imposed an interim compulsion order for Foyez to remain at Carstairs.
The case will next call in Inverness on February 9 next year.
