Dundee man admits killing Gordon Diduca after firing arrow at him
Charles Little then knifed the 32-year-old outside his home
A killer stabbed a man to death after claiming he was spying on him.
Charles Little knifed Gordon Diduca outside the 32 year-old's home in Dundee.
Mr Diduca had been at a friend's at the same block of flats when archery fan Little appeared at the door armed with a bow and arrow.
Little also bizarrely insisted the victim was partly responsible for him losing his girlfriend and gardening job.
After firing an arrow, the first offender stabbed Mr Diduca, who never recovered despite friends rushing to his aid.
Little had been on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of murdering the 24 year-old labourer.
But, his QC Mark Stewart today offered a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.
Little was said to have been acting under provocation having been threatened before the fatal attack.
Prosecutor Michael Meehan told the court: “That plea is acceptable to the Crown.”
Little was remanded in custody meantime.
The killer had been described by one ex-workmate as a “reserved individual” who enjoyed woodwork and archery.
But, last September 24, he turned up at a neighbour's door where he was said to have been “rabbling”.
Witness Jason Sinclair said he had been at that flat with others including his cousin Mr Diduca.
The 22 year-old recalled: “He was saying that we were spying on him.
“Myself and Gordon said we did not have a clue who he was. He then said it was our fault that he had lost his girlfriend and his job.”
Little went on to fire an arrow which narrowly missed their friend.
The witness added: “Myself and Gordon were hiding. Gordon was telling him to calm down, but he was just going nuts.
“What we were saying to him, he was not taking in.”
Mr Sinclair then said his cousin went towards the man, but ended up being “stabbed in the neck”.
He said: “Gordon ran to grab the bow. It looked like he was then punching Gordon, but he was not – he stabbed him.”
Mr Sinclair told jurors he “just wanted the hell out of there”.
He recalled helping his blood soaked cousin, who had slumped to the ground.
But, Mr Sinclair added: “He could not speak. He was lying there twitching.
“The twitching stopped because he died.”
The court was today told there was evidence Little was suffering from a personality disorder at the time.
As well as admitting the killing, Little also pled guilty to two assault charges as well as behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.
He will be sentenced at a later date.