“I did it because I was worried for my mum. I was scared. But I have learned not to do it again - ”The seven-year-old who stabbed a neighbour 21 times.
Chucky is a fictional, knife-wielding doll in the ultra-violent Child’s Play horror film series.
After the 18-certificate films were linked with the James Bulger murder in 1993 there was an unsuccessful nationwide campaign to ban them, and video rental chains took them off the shelves.
His shocked mother Diane Baker was horrified to learn her son had watched such a violent film.
The pair now face quitting their Norris Green home after receiving threats. Ms Baker claimed one caller rang her threatening to cut her hands off.
Speaking from a safe house at a secret location, Ms Baker, 28, said: “I’m sorry for what happened but it’s not my fault.”
Her son was at home when she began fighting with her friend Sara Corran on Thursday evening.
The frightened youngster ran to the kitchen and grabbed a carving knife before stabbing Ms Corran around 21 times in the buttock, leg and arm.
She was taken from Ashbank Road to hospital but her injuries were not life-threatening.
The boy was interviewed by Merseyside police but not arrested as he is below the age of criminal responsibility.
He said: “When the police came we had to have a talk in a little room. They were talking about the fight and saying ‘why did you get the knife’ and I was saying ‘because I was scared’.”
He is now afraid to go outside because of threats.
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