| Date |
Victim |
Location |
Event |
Comment |
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| Aug-93 |
Samuel Vernon |
Nottingham |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man and attempts murder of another |
Ind Inq 1993. Many previous admissions |
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| May-95 |
Janice Symons |
Leicester |
MH patient fatally stabs landlady |
Ind Inq 1996 |
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| Aug-95 |
Gwendoline Smith |
Sandiacre, South Derbys |
Psychotic fatally stabbed mother and step brother, a month after release from psych unit |
Ind Inq 1996 |
238kb |
| Aug-95 |
David Smith (12) |
Sandiacre, South Derbys |
Psychotic fatally stabbed mother and step brother, a month after release from psych unit |
Ind Inq 1996 |
238kb |
| Oct-95 |
John Dawson |
Leics |
MH homicide, kidnapping of stranger w firearm |
Ind Inq 1997 |
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| Oct-95 |
Patrick Cullen |
Leics |
MH Homicide |
Ind Inq 1998 |
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| Jun-96 |
Adil Butt |
Leics |
MH homicide |
Ind Inq 1999 - failure to evaluate and assess properly |
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| Jul-96 |
Anthony Winship |
Notts |
MH Patient kills father after stabbing and repeatedly hitting him with hammer. |
Ind Inq 1997 |
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| Jan-97 |
Caroline Burningham |
Welling-borough, Northants |
Paranoid schizophrenic batters, sexually assaults and fatally strangles pregnant woman (stranger) |
Ind Inq 1999 |
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| Oct-98 |
Catherine Hundleby |
Leics |
Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife |
Ind Inq 2001 |
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| May-99 |
Richard Marden |
Northampton |
MH patient battered father to death with gas bottle |
Critical Ind Inq, 2003. No CPA |
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| Jun-99 |
Vicki Older |
Nottingham |
Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs and batters his ex-girlfirend with a pick-axe handle |
Depressive sent to secure unit - released by MH Tribunal 4 years later |
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| Aug-99 |
Wilfred Marchant |
Leicester |
Psychotic MH patient stabs young boy (stranger) and father then beats pensioner to death (also a stranger) |
Ind Inq 2001 - prev hist of violence, left hospital day before, terrible failures, stopped meds. |
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| Oct-99 |
George Ackroyd |
Hope, Derbyshire |
Paranoid schizophrenic beheads father |
Ind Inq 2002 |
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| Mar-00 |
Phillip Beardmore |
Lincoln |
MH patient stabs victim |
Ind Inq 2003 |
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| Nov-00 |
Alan Clark |
Nottingham-shire |
MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs victim (affair) |
Ind Inq 2004 |
307kb |
| Dec-00 |
Zafar Iqbal |
Nottingham |
Detained paranoid schizophrenic leaves hospital without permission and kills brother in law |
Ind Inq 2005 |
569kb |
| Dec-01 |
Jacqueline Wedderburn |
Nottingham |
Psychotic man fatally battered sister with knives, glass and spade |
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| Jul-02 |
Sandy Hadfield (13) |
Lincoln (& Derby) |
Sexual predator with long MH history kills teenager |
SCR 2006. Long MH history - Previous violence |
153kb |
| Sep-02 |
Michael Doherty |
Leicester |
Recently released paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed stranger in head and heart |
Ind Inq 2005, Violent history. Vol. inpatient - catalogue of errors, prev. threatened to stab stepfather. |
389kb |
| Nov-02 |
Janet France |
Northampton |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs ex-partner in front of 7 year old daughter |
Hospital order under MHA |
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| Dec-02 |
Jerome Bergan |
Nottingham |
Paranoid schizophrenic stabs stranger |
jailed for life |
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| Jan-03 |
Joan Andrews |
Leicester |
Paranoid schizophrenic cuts off mothers head with chainsaw. (deceased but he thought she was alive) |
Ind Inq kept confidential for "patient confidentiality". |
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| Jul-03 |
Robert Cory |
Northampton |
Schizophrenic shoots flatmate dead |
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| Jul-03 |
Paige Shatlock Jones (PS/J) (6) |
Hucknall, Notts |
Mentally ill man rapes and hangs stepdaughter then hangs himself |
Ind Inq 2006 |
183kb |
| Oct-03 |
Nico Meli |
Nottingham |
MH patient fatally stabs man |
Threatened MH workers that day with knife and hammer but released. |
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| Dec-03 |
Rosie May Storrie (10) |
Lincolnshire |
Man with Aspergers Syndrome stripped and suffocated child |
SCR 2007 - previous history of violence |
940kb |
| Jul-04 |
Keith Frogson |
Annesley Woodhouse, Notts |
Paranoid Mentally ill man fatally shoots stranger with crossbow and hacks him with sword |
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| Jan-05 |
Ellen Frith |
East Mid/ Nottingham |
D&A Patient fatally strangles victim (prob PD) |
Indep Inq due |
38kb |
| Jan-05 |
Zoe Pennick |
East Mid/ Nottingham |
D&A Patient fatally strangles victim (prob PD) |
Indep Inq due |
38kb |
| Jan-05 |
Katie Baxter |
East Mid/ Nottingham |
D&A Patient fatally strangles victim (prob PD) |
Indep Inq due |
38kb |
| Aug-05 |
Michael Green |
Nottingham |
MH patient fatally stabs victim with pen (6" lodged in brain) |
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197kb |
| Jan-06 |
Joanne Butler |
East Shilton, Leics |
Mentally ill man batters mentally ill neighbour and sets house on fire |
Ind Inq (ref 9090) 2010 |
982kb |
| Sep-06 |
Debra Larn |
Leicester |
MH patient fatally stabbed neighbour and wounded another (PD) |
Ind Inq 2007. Long MH history with violence. Predictable & preventable. Warnings. Poor team working. |
1.3Mb |
| Nov-06 |
Nicholas Windsor |
Northampton |
Psychopath fatally batters man |
Indefinite detention under MHA |
455kb |
| Jan-07 |
Rina Panchal |
Thurmaston, Leicester |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs shopworker |
MH history |
294kb |
| Jan-07 |
Lorraine Lowe |
Basingham Lincs & MH unit Notts |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills sister by driving car into tree; then throttles patient in MH unit |
Long history, stopped meds |
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| Jan-07 |
Jane Malkin |
Leicester |
Psychotic drives car and mounts pavement killing two strangers (Satan driving) |
Sought help day before but released, Ind Inq |
433kb |
| Jan-07 |
Nicole Townshend |
Leicester |
Psychotic drives car and mounts pavement killing two strangers (Satan driving) |
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433kb |
| May-07 |
Margaret McIntyre |
Corby, Northants |
Mentally ill man kills grandmother |
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339kb |
| Aug-07 |
Jay Birch (5) |
Buxton |
Mentally ill woman murdered son and attempted suicide |
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| Aug-07 |
Karen Godden |
Leicester |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed neighbour with chisel |
Ind Inq 2010 (2007/9113 Recently released from Psych hospital - stopped meds. |
457kb |
| Nov-07 |
Halimah Ahmed |
Derby |
Psychiatric patient smothers girl then hangs himself |
Ind Inq 2010. & Coroners report. Prev violence - Known risk - tried to section 3 times but no S/W |
223kb and
534kb |
| Dec-07 |
Stephanie Barton |
Boston |
Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabs girlfriend |
Heavy cannabis user. Tried to access help without success |
90kb |
| May-08 |
Eunice Carr |
Nether Langwith |
Demented pensioner fatally batters wife |
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| Jul-09 |
John McGrath |
Stapleford, Nottingham |
Schizophrenic man repeatedly and fatally stabs grandfather |
Long MH history, family warnings, repeated missed opportunities. Judge criticised MH professionals |
582kb |
| Jan-10 |
Michael Young |
Nottingham |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs brother |
Long MH history |
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| Mar-10 |
Margaret Clapperton |
Mansfield |
Mentally ill man kills mother |
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| May-10 |
Rachael Slack |
Holbrook, Derbyshire |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-partner and toddler son days after MH assessment and threats to kill them |
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| May-10 |
Auden Slack (23 mnths) |
Holbrook, Derbyshire |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-partner and toddler son days after MH assessment and threats to kill them |
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| Mar-11 |
Mary Thorpe |
Barrowby |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother |
20 year history of psychotic mental illness |
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