‘I hope everything burns to the ground!’: Underpowered knife-wielding chef breaks into Benedict Cumberbatch’s house 30.5.2023, 11:00

A British artist and his family fear for their lives after a horrific incident. An armed man invaded the territory of Benedikt’s villa. He turned out to be 35-year-old Jack Bissell – a former head chef at the five-star Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair.

A man climbed over the iron gate of Cumberbatch’s home in north London. He was holding a huge professional fish cutting knife in his hand. The intruder ripped the intercom from the wall and made a series of terrifying threats. “I know you moved here. I hope everything burns to the ground!” the man shouted.

The star of BBC’s Sherlock was filming at the time, but the actor’s 45-year-old wife Sophie Hunter and their three young sons, Christopher, 7, Hal, 6, and Finn Cumberbatch, 3, were at home. They heard Bissell yelling insults. After that, the visitor picked up the flower in the bathtub, threw it against the wall of the house, spat into the intercom and ripped it out with a knife.

“Naturally, the whole family was scared and thought the guy was going to come and hurt them. Fortunately, things didn’t go that far. Benedict and Sophie had many sleepless nights, fearing that they might be attacked again. The fact that it was a targeted invasion makes it all the more frightening,” said a source close to the two-time Oscar nominee.

Benedict bought the five-bedroom house in 2015 for £3.5m. By the way, this is not the only luxury property of the artist. It emerged that before attacking the actor’s home, Jack had bought two packets of pita bread from a nearby shop – shouting at the shop owner that he was going to break into Cumberbatch’s house and burn it to the ground, the Daily reports. Post.

Bissell fled the scene but was arrested after police found his DNA on the intercom. The man could not explain his outburst of anger and why he chose the famous artist and his family as his target. He also declined a free lawyer. Wood Green Crown Court recognized the criminal damage, Bissell was fined £250 and given a three-year restraining order to keep him away from Cumberbatch, his family and the area where they live.

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