Anxiang Du trial: Businessman says "darkness" came over him before 'stabbing to death family of four', court hears

Murdered: Jifeng Ding with his wife Helen and daughters Xing and AlicePA

A man accused of murdering a family of four told a psychiatrist that "darkness" came over him as he carried out the brutal stabbings, a court has heard.

Anxiang Du, 54, is accused of knifing Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer Jifeng "Jeff" Ding, his wife Ge "Helen" Chui, and their two daughters, Xing "Nancy", 18, and Alice, 12, on April 29, 2011.

During his trial at Northampton Crown Court, which began last week, a jury of eight women and four men has heard that he allegedly carried out the stabbings following a long-running legal dispute after a business relationship turned sour.

After the killings at the family's home in Wootton, Northamptonshire, Du, who denies four counts of murder, fled to Morocco where he was eventually arrested and extradited back to the UK, the court has heard.

Today Professor Nigel Eastman, a forensic psychiatrist, told jurors he interviewed Du in prison in August last year after he was brought back to the UK to face four charges of murder.

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