For the general public Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed an impeccable Sherlock Holmes and embodied in Imitation Game with incredible accuracy, Alan Turing, the man who broke the code of the German Enigma machine during the Second World War. But today, it is a disturbing news item that brings him back to the forefront of the news. A few weeks ago, the British actor was attacked at his London home by a former chef, armed with a fish knife.
The attacker, Jack Bissel, a former cook at the Mayfair Hotel in London, violently entered the actor's property by uttering threats. The actor was present with his wife and three children. They were frightened by the man who kicked the iron gate of the garden and spat on the intercom, before shouting, "I know you live here and I'm going to burn everything.
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This man, known to the police for having committed other crimes of theft and possession of narcotics, fled the scene after his attack but was quickly identified by investigators thanks to the analysis of DNA traces left in the property of the Cumberbatch family. Arrested, Jack Bissel appeared immediately in a London court on May 10, 2023. He was fined around 400 euros and ordered to restrain him from approaching Benedict Cumberbatch's home for three years.
It is still unclear why Jack Bissel attacked the Cumberbatch family. The actor and his relatives, apparently shocked, did not wish to publicize this case for the least worrying. Because according to the Daily Mail, "the whole family was terrified and believed that this man was going to come in and hurt them".