| Date |
Victim |
Location |
Event |
Comment |
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| Mar-04 |
Nickki Conroy (12) |
Middlesbrough |
Psychotic man breaks into school and repeatedly and fatally stabs girl. |
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| Jun-94 |
Rosie Palmer (3) |
Hartlepool |
MH patient abused, killed and kept 3 year old victims body in plastic bag at home. |
Ind Inq 1996 |
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| Feb-95 |
Mr Taylor (Father) (74) |
Tees HA |
Psychotic MH patient fatally stabs father. |
Ind Inq 1996 |
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| May-95 |
Halina Szymczuk |
Ashington, North-umberland |
Mentally ill man fatally stabbed neighbour (murdering Mother-in law 1976). |
Ind Inq 1996 |
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| Jun-95 |
Douglas Heathwaite |
Co Durham |
MH homicide of stranger. |
Ind Inq 1998 |
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| Jul-95 |
Jamie Hemy (7 mnths) |
Wallsend, Tyne &Wear |
Schizophrenic woman repeatedly stabs baby 70 times. |
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| Jul-95 |
Eileen McLachlan |
Newcastle/ Tyne area |
Schizophrenic kills mother. |
Ind Inq 1997 |
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| May-97 |
Eric Kirby |
Bishop Auckland |
MH homicide of partner. |
Ind Inq 2000 |
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| Jun-97 |
Peter McNamee |
Tees |
MH homicide of girlfriend's ex. |
Ind Inq 1999 |
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| Dec-97 |
Y |
Co Durham |
MH homicide |
Ind Inq 2000 |
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| Mar-98 |
James Byrne |
Sunderland |
MH Homicide |
Ind Inq 1999 |
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| Oct-99 |
Q |
County Hospital Durham |
MH homicide |
Ind Inq 2003 |
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| Mar-00 |
Ashley Wills (5) |
Cramlington, North-umberland |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills sister and her son in frenzied attack. |
Ind Inq 2002 |
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| Mar-00 |
Caroline Wills |
Cramlington, North-umberland |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills sister and her son in frenzied attack. |
Ind Inq 2002 |
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| Jun-00 |
Abdul Ghafoor |
Middlesbrough |
MH patient attacks victim with hammer (+PD) |
Ind Inq 2002 |
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| Jan-01 |
John Jeffries |
Hartlepool |
MH patient fatally and repeatedly battered victim with rock. |
Iind Inq 2003 - Previous threats of violence with knives. |
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| Mar-01 |
David Huitson |
Newcastle |
Schizophrenic stabbed victim who had given evidence against him in another stabbing case. |
Ind Inq 2004 - history of previous violence. |
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| Sep-01 |
Lenny Leak |
Gateshead |
Fatally poured petrol over flatmate and lit it during argument. |
Ind Inq 2004 - history of previous violence. |
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| Nov-01 |
William Pyle (77) |
Bishop Auckland |
Psychotic woman repeatedly batters and stabs father and sets house alight. |
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| Aug-02 |
Jean Charlton (71) |
Washington |
Paranoid Schizophrenic man fatally stabs mother 15 times and attempts to decapitate her. |
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| Sep-02 |
Elizabeth Gallagher |
North Tyneside |
MH patient stabbed wife. |
Ind Inq 2005. Had previously threatened to kill wife. |
3.9Mb |
| Aug-03 |
Sarah Jane Coghlan |
Middlesbrough |
MH patient fatally stabs woman with bayonet (6mnths after release for previous murder). |
Ind Inq 2006 |
391kb |
| Aug-03 |
Lee Johnson |
Newcastle area |
Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly stabs neighbour. |
Ind Inq 2008 |
188kb |
| Oct-03 |
Ian Lawson |
Sunderland |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabbed Lawson, then fatally attacked Richardson with a Razor. |
Ind Inq 2007 |
474kb |
| Oct-03 |
Simon Richardson |
Sunderland |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabbed Lawson, then fatally attacked Richardson with a Razor. |
Ind Inq 2007 |
474kb |
| Jan-04 |
Colin Johnson |
Sunderland |
Paranoid schizophrenic kills former school friend with an axe. |
long history of increasing MH problems. Family asked MH for help 83 times before incident. |
341kb |
| Feb-04 |
Olive Garvie |
Jesmond |
Pensioner MH Homicide. |
Review, previous violence. Poor teamwork. |
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| Jun-04 |
Lynda Lovett |
South Shields |
MH patient fatally stabbed partner 40 times. |
Parents had taken him to be sectioned hours earlier but released. |
314kb |
| Aug-05 |
Alexander Gallon (4 months) |
Newcastle |
Deluded and depressed mother kills baby by arson. |
Mental Health history. SCR 2006 |
82kb |
| Jan-06 |
Maurice Hilton |
Peterlee |
Mentally ill woman fatally stabs partner. |
Long MH history, previous violence, tragic history, critical inquiry |
1064kb |
| May-06 |
Colin Anderson |
Newcastle |
Recently released mentally ill man (with depressive LD accomplice) batters man and throws him off tower block. |
Recently released after psychotic episode. Ind Inq due. |
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| May- 06 |
Ashleigh Ewing |
Heaton, Newcastle |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed mental health worker 39 times with four knives. |
Prev. attacked parents with hammer (GBH). Prev. arrested at Buck Pal threatening Queen. Refused medication, realised was danger to others. |
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| Jul-06 |
Peter Purcell |
Benwell, Newcastle |
Psychopathic former soldier executed family members |
PTSD? Inq due |
257kb |
| Jul-06 |
Joyce Purcell |
Benwell, Newcastle |
Psychopathic former soldier executed family members. |
PTSD? Inq due |
| Jul-06 |
Keith Purcell |
Benwell, Newcastle |
Psychopathic former soldier executed family members. |
PTSD? Inq due |
| Jul-06 |
Glen Purcell |
Benwell, Newcastle |
Psychopathic former soldier executed family members. |
PTSD? Inq due |
| Jun-08 |
Michelle Taylor |
Walker, Newcastle |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-wife. |
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| Dec-08 |
Williamina Valentine (84) |
Newcastle |
Psychotic mentally ill man fatally suffocates mother after missing medication. |
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| Jan-10 |
Bevin Shapung (11 mnths) |
North Shields |
Mentally ill woman kills baby and unsucessfully attempts suicide |
Previous MH history |
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| Aug-10 |
Christy Ruddell (2) |
Peterlee |
Mentally ill mother fatally strangled son |
Family had struggled to get help |
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