Doc: Suspect Tried to Bite Self to Death

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LONDON - A British man being tried for four murders tried to bite himself to death while detained at a high-security psychiatric facility, a doctor testified Wednesday.

Daniel Gonzalez, 25, is standing trial on charges that he stabbed two men and two women to death, and tried to kill two other men over a three-day period in September 2004.

Prosecutors earlier told the jury that Gonzalez had wanted to kill at least 10 victims to achieve notoriety as a serial killer.

Gonzalez's lawyers said he suffers from mental illness and heard voices that commanded him to kill, including that of Freddy Krueger, the fictional serial killer in the horror film franchise "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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