Police at the scene in Shalbourne and Britsol Crown Court THE case against a son who “went absolutely berserk” and attempted to murder his mother and stepfather at their home in Shalbourne, near Marlborough, has opened at Bristol Crown Court. Churchwarden Linda Holford only found out it was her son who had hurt her after she emerged from a coma following the attack in March last year. James Wells, 43, of Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, is accused of attacking Linda Holford and her husband Adrian Holford. He denies the charges by reason of insanity. Bristol Crown Court this week heard that Wells had become stressed at work and was driven to the couple’s home in Shalbourne by a colleague. He had been working as a project manager at the first Nightingale Hospital in London, which was being built at the time.