A Moroccan asylum seeker told police he knifed a pensioner to death in the street and stabbed a Christian convert out of "revenge" for Israel killing children in the Palestinian conflict, a court heard.Ahmed Alid's actions, the week after the Hamas attacks, were motivated by "the conflict in Gaza and to further his desire that Palestine would be free from the Zionists", Teesside Crown Court was told.

A Moroccan asylum seeker told police he knifed a pensioner to death in the street and stabbed a Christian convert out of "revenge" for Israel killing children in the Palestinian conflict, a court heard.Ahmed Alid's actions, the week after the Hamas attacks, were motivated by "the conflict in Gaza and to further his desire that Palestine would be free from the Zionists", Teesside Crown Court was told.