| Date |
Victim |
Location |
Event |
Comment |
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| Feb-94 |
Brendan Holmes |
Largs |
Mentally ill psychotic woman fatally stabs son 11 times |
On release from Psychiatric ward at hospital at time |
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| Jun-94 |
PC Lewis Fulton |
Scotland |
MH patient fatally stabbed policeman |
Ind Inq |
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| Jun-97 |
Benny McGurk |
Castle Douglas |
Schizophrenic bludgeons father to death, saws off head and kicks it around car park |
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| Feb-98 |
Diane Hopkins |
Polbeth |
Released mental patient kills mother |
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| Mar-98 |
Coral Frerichs |
Callender |
Psychotic mentally ill man kills woman whilst driving recklessly 'to escape mafia' |
MH history - licence not confiscated despite medical requests |
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| Apr-98 |
Kevin Miller (7) |
Kilwinning |
Mentally ill mother poisons children then attempts suicide |
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| Apr-98 |
Louise Miller (7) |
Kilwinning |
Mentally ill mother poisons children then attempts suicide |
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| Jun-98 |
Simon McCaskill |
Edinburgh |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs father in the heart & face then wounds mother |
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| Aug-98 |
Tracey Homer |
Glasgow |
Mentally ill man strangles woman in Glasgow then bludgeons man to death in London 4 days later |
Long history of violence – trial heard illness due to abuse and psychopathy |
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| Oct-99 |
William Scott |
Condorrat |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger |
Long previous MH history with violence |
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| Oct-99 |
Derek Campbell (6) |
Glasgow |
Psychotic mother throws six year old from 14th floor of tower block |
Prev MH history of depression |
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| Oct-99 |
John Dillon |
Glasgow |
MH patient fatally stabs another in Ruchill Hospital |
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| Jan-01 |
Archibald Jeffrey |
Kirkcudbright |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally punches, kicks and throttles stranger |
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Feb-
01 |
Eileen Howie |
Turriff, Aberdeenshire |
Insane man batters mother to death and sets fire to house |
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| Mar-01 |
Luke Gargan (4) |
Lochwinnoch, Ayrshire |
Insane man fatally batters child |
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| Jun-02 |
George Williamson |
Edinburgh |
Paranoid Schizophrenic batters stranger pensioner who subsequently dies |
Long MH history |
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| Sep-02 |
Erin Gilmour (5) |
Stonehouse, Lanarkshire |
Depressive man fatally and repeatedly stabs father with two samurai swords |
Mentally ill mother repeatedly and fatally battered daughter with claw hammer (and attacked another daughter) |
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| Dec-02 |
Brendan Gorrie |
Leith |
Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally batters son around head (then attempts suicide) |
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| Nov- 03 |
John Leather |
Sanquhar |
Depressive man fatally and repeatedly stabs father with two samurai swords |
Guilty by diminished responsibility due to depressive mental illness |
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| Apr- 04 |
Billy Clark |
Ellon, Aberdeenshire |
Psychotic man kills brother by running over him with a tractor (insane) |
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| Oct-04 |
Stuart Robertson |
Glasgow |
MH patient killed victim with hammer |
Ind Inq 2006. Prev discharged from psych hospital. Prev history of serious violence |
206kb |
| Jan-07 |
Mandy Williamson |
Shetland Isles |
Demented man fatally and repeated stabs wife (frenzied attack) then kills himself |
No Investigation yet |
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| Mar-07 |
Susan Shivers |
Glasgow |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs woman three times |
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| Jun-07 |
Rosa Limney |
Methil, Fife |
Schizophrenic man fatally batters mother about the head 13 times with an axe |
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| Jun-07 |
Jim Ward |
Ayr |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabbed father |
Ind Inq 2009. Family warnings |
80kb |
| Jul-07 |
Sandy Allen |
Dalkieth, Midlothian |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed father 26 times |
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| Aug-07 |
Jacqeline Hughes |
Glasgow |
Psychotic repeatedly stabbed and battered partner (in front of children) |
Partner asked for him to be sectioned days before. MH wouldn't discuss with her. Stopped meds |
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| May-08 |
Satpal Ghusar |
Bishopbriggs, Glasgow |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs stepfather |
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| Oct-08 |
May Bryson |
Bellshill, Lanark |
Insane man fatally and repeatedly batters wife and attempts to strangle her |
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| Jul-09 |
Veronica Reid |
Dundee |
Severely mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs his mother four days after release from Psychiatric hospital |
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| Feb-10 |
Ann Geddes |
Camoustie |
Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally batters wife with axe |
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| Jun-10 |
Marie-Rose McNeil |
Rothesay, Isle of Bute |
Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly battered his mother and attempted to remove her brain. Not taking meds |
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| Jul-10 |
Margaret Burke |
Blantyre |
Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs a family friend. |
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| Oct-10 |
Michael Davis |
Glasgow |
Psychotic unmedicated mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger |
Long MH history – Not taking medication |
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| Feb-11 |
Isabelle Cowley (4) |
Inverness |
Mentally disordered woman drowns her own daughter |
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| Mar-11 |
Frances Craig |
Glasgow |
Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed mother 60 times |
MH history - previous warnings of deteriorating mental health |
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| Mar-11 |
Robert Brereton |
Forfar |
Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally stabs former partner |
Long MH history |
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| May-11 |
Michael Padden (84) |
Dumbarton |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally punched and kicked father |
Long MH history with violence, previously attacked Dad with axe |
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