THIS is the shocking moment a knifeman pretended to be a victim after brutally stabbing a woman eight times in her home.
Elliott Mallett, 24, carried out the “ferocious and senseless attack” that left a woman traumatised after breaking into her house in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Bodycam footage from cops shows how he then spun a lie about being the victim of an attempted knifepoint robbery in an attempt to wriggle free.
Mallett, of Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, was found guilty of attempted murder and aggravated burglary with intent to steal – and was jailed for 30 years.
The brutal attack happened on December 7, 2024, when officers were called to reports of a burglary in which a woman had been stabbed just before 5pm.
The victim – a woman aged in her 40s – told police she heard a noise downstairs and went to investigate, at which point she encountered Mallett on the stairs.
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But the vile attacker was not known to her.
She described seeing Mallett pull a knife from the side of his body and lunging forward, stabbing her eight times in the neck, face, hands, shoulder and leg.
The victim managed to fight back, kicking out and causing him to stumble down the stairs.
She then managed to run out of her house and seek help from a neighbour, later spotting Mallett fleeing in the direction of a park.
A short time later, cops searching the park were approached by Mallett who claimed he had just been the victim of an attempted knifepoint robbery himself.
Bodycam footage shows Mallett introducing himself to police.
He told officers: “Someone has literally just attacked me. They have flung me to the floor. They hit me repeatedly, they tried to stab me.
He added: “Someone ran into me, they held me and tried to stab me and I literally threw them to the floor.”
Asked what the perpetrator looked like, he responded: “They had a black outfit on, I think it was Nike.”
He told officers the knifeman was wearing a hood and a hat, so he could not see his face.
The cowardly attacker said he was walking through the park at the time of the attack.
Mallett added: “He had a knife and it was like a really big one. I didn’t take it off him but because I slipped I sort of grabbed it, I didn’t stab him or nothing.”
When cops went to his home and seized his jacket for evidence, Mallett began to visibly shake.
Officers searching the park found a bottle of moisturiser and headphones that matched the description of items the victim said were missing.
Back at Mallett’s home, officers took a victim statement – but discrepancies began to appear between that account and his previous comments.
He was treated as a suspect, as he appeared to be falsifying his evidence.
Doorbell camera footage showed he had left the house on the day of the attack wearing black clothes and a hood covering his face, that matched the description given by the victim.
A knife, engraved with “Maggi Soups”, was later found near her house.
Officers searching Mallett’s home found a knife in a kitchen drawer engraved with the same slogan.
Analysis of his phone pinpointed his location to the victim’s house just minutes before the 999 call was made.
Mallett was charged and pleaded not guilty to the offences, but the jury found him guilty of both counts by unanimous decisions.
‘NO REMORSE’
In a statement, the victim said that “the day I was attacked in my own home shattered everything I knew about safety, trust and stability”.
She went on to describe how her life has been “consumed by trauma”, that she suffers with flashbacks, feels constantly on edge and has “withdrawn from people she loves”.
Detective Chief Inspector Matt Adams said: “It is exceptionally rare for someone to be physically attacked in their own home by a stranger, especially with the level of violence used by Elliott Mallett.
“Having armed himself with a large kitchen knife Mallett entered this house as a trespasser.
“He clearly intended on stealing from within the property but when confronted by the victim he made a conscious decision to go up the stairs towards her and he then embarked on a ferocious and senseless attack of violence, stabbing her multiple times.
“Mallett could have easily fled the address without confronting the victim but chose to attack her instead.
“I dread to think how this would have ended have had it not been for the strength and courage of the victim who bravely fought back against her armed attacker.
“He has shown no remorse for his actions and his deliberate attempts to mislead police and the court through his far-fetched alternative version of events failed miserably.
“He will now have many years in prison to consider his actions on that day and the lasting impact they have had on the victim.”