A ‘VOLATILE’ man who attempted to murder his mother mumbled to jurors he had been wrongly convicted moments after his fate was sealed.

Steven Williams looked on as jurors found him guilty by a majority of attempting to murder Daphne Williams while she cooked him dinner in her Chipping Norton home on April 25.

Oxford Crown Court heard Mrs Williams, who was throttled and stabbed during the attack, has since disowned her son but has forgiven him for trying to kill her.

Sitting in the dock at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, the 44-year-old was heard muttering: “Thank you for your verdict. It’s wrong but thank you.”

Williams left his mother in a pool of blood after plunging a blade into her neck, chest and abdomen at least six times during the attack in Hailey Avenue.

The pensioner prayed as she bled in her home, prising the blade from her body before calling emergency services for help after her son had fled to nearby Costcutter to buy sweets.

In a statement read to the court yesterday, the 72-year-old revealed the violent assault, sparked by an argument over unpaid rent, left her in hospital for 16 days and needing an eight-hour operation.

She said: “I find it much harder to deal with it as I was attacked by my own son rather than a stranger.

“I feel like I have lost a son. I forgive him because he is my son. I hope his life can be turned around.”

During the trial, prosecutor Charles Ward-Jackson told jurors the defendant, of Hailey Road, Chipping Norton, had a ‘short fuse’ and would threaten his mother with violence.

Williams was left with a brain injury after a car crash 10 years ago, relying on his mother for meals and help with his finances ever since.

Wearing burgundy tracksuit bottoms and top, he took to the stand during his trial, claiming he never attacked his mother.

Williams was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced at the court today.