56 known cases 1993 – 2021
27 inquiry and official reports
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 03 Jan 2022 | Aidan Mann | Downpatrick | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed neighbour whilst acutely psychotic | Didn’t believe he was ill – indeterminate sentence – minimum nine years in prison | |
| 13 Jul 2021 | Nigel Orr-McAuley | Bangor | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Found guilty of murder – min 11.5 years impriisonment | |
| 17 Jan 2021 | Jacquelyn Price | Andreas, Isle of Man | Schizophrenic man fatally strangled his mother and assaulted his father | Previously undiagnosed – hospital order with restrictions | SCR Learning Brief |
| 08 Jun 2020 | Darren McNally | Derry/ Londonderry | Mentally disordered woman with ADS fatally stabbed partner | Diminished responsibility – alcohol dependence and domestic violence | |
| 30 Mar 2020 | Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Dobbin (82) | Larne | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangled and battered his grandmother after seeing zombies | Diminished responsibility indeterminate life sentence (min 5 years) | |
| 23 Dec 2019 | Joseph Dutton Frances Murray | Belfast | Mentally disordered man fatally battered and strangled neighbours | Diminished responsibility – Alcohol dependency & PD | Sentencing remarks |
| 31 Oct 2019 | Timothy Graham | Bangor | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs vulnerable neighbour more than 90 times | Thought he was Jesus killing satan – diminished responsibility | |
| 06 Aug 2019 | Pamela Nisbet | St Peter, Jersey | Mentally disordered man fatally stabs his mother | Diminished responsibility | Medical FTP Tribunal |
| 05 Dec 2018 | John O’Reilly (83) | Armagh | Demented man fatally pushes fellow care home resident | History of previous violent incidents | |
| 13-16 Nov 2018 | Pauline Kilkenny | Enniskillen | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally batters and stabs woman who’d helped him | History of severe mental illness and violence | Judgment summary Sentencing remarks |
| 06 Jul 2018 | Gerard Scullion | Banbridge | Mentally disordered man fatally batters and repeatedly stabs friend | Sentencing remarks | |
| 20 Jan 2018 | Mark Ponisi | Belfast | Mentally disordered couple beat man to death with hammer | Diminished responsibility | Sentencing remarks |
| 21 Oct 2017 | Anne O’Neill | Belfast | Mentally disordered man kills his mother with a chisel | Summary of judgment | |
| 04 Jun 2017 | Hazem Ahmed Ghreir | Belfast | Mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger | Long & concerning MH history ‘slipped through safety net’ | Sentencing remarks |
| 26 May 2017 | Michael Cawdery (83) Marjorie Cawdery (83) | Portadown | Psychotic man fatally stabbed elderly strangers after escaping from hospital | Southern Trust (NI) | Inquiry awaited Sentencing |
| 4-6 Nov 2016 | James Hughes | Belfast | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs neighbour | Previous history of violent offending | Sentencing |
| 21 Oct 2016 | John McCarthy | St Helier, Jersey | Mentally ill man fatally stabs pensioner | Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibility | |
| 18 Jan 2016 | Eddie Girvan | Greenisland, Co Antrim | Mentally ill woman smothers and fatally stabs pensioner | ||
| 12 Dec 2015 | Lisa Arustamovs | Portavogie | Psychotic man fatally strangled his mother | Sentencing | |
| 29 Jan 2015 | Mohsin Bhatti | Belfast | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs friend in unprovoked attack | No insight, failed to comply with treatment | Sentencing |
| 19 Dec 2014 | Ronald Reid | Bangor | Psychotic and delusional man fatally stomps on and batters his father | Indefinite hospital order – later absconds from hospital | |
| 4 Jun 2014 | Margaret Evans | Portstewart | Psychotic & depressed man fatally batters his mother who he thought was a witch | Substance abuser | |
| 07 Mar – 09 Apr 2014 | Baby (5 months) | Belfast | Mother with post natal depression fatally smothers baby | 3 years probation | |
| 4 July 2013 | Brendan Owens (3) | Lisburn | Paranoid schizophrenic mother suffocates young son | Signed herself into psych unit day after | Sentencing |
| 4 Jan 2013 | Aloysius Hackett | Augher, Co Tyrone | Depressed mentally ill man fatally shoots father | Appeal Hearing | |
| 14 Aug 2011 | Izabela Rzeszowska Kinga Rzeszowska (5yrs) Kacper Rzeszowski (2yrs) Marek Gartska Marta De La Haye Julia De La Haye (5yrs) | Jersey | Mentally ill man fatally stabs family and neighbours | ||
| 03 Apr 2011 | Lynn Coburn | Connor NI | Paranoid schizophrenic decapitates mother and stabs her repeatedly | Long MH history | Summary of Judgment |
| 12 Nov 2009 | Michael J McGleenon | Lurgan NI | Psychotic mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed father | Long MH history, reportedly released from Psych clinic three days before assault | Sentencing |
| 06 Jul 2009 | George Morrison | Belfast | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs nephew | Unfit to plead – hospital order | |
| 11 May 2009 | Anthony Robin | Belfast | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed partner | Sentencing remarks | |
| 15 Dec 2008 | Marek Seweryn | Omagh | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs her partmer while drinking | Diminished responsibility – jailed for four years | Sentencing Remarks Press summary |
| 20 Aug 2007 | William McClatchey | Belfast NI | Paranoid Schizophrenic with PD fatally stabs and dismembers victim then disposes body parts in wheelie bin | Sentencing | |
| 27 April 2007 | William McMillan | Belfast | Psychotic alcoholic with Depression and PTSD fatally stabbed brother | Sentencing remarks | |
| 02 Feb 2007 | Daniel Whyte | Belfast | Man with alcohol dependency syndrome fatally stabs friend | Appeal hearing | |
| 05 Jan 2006 | Elaine Le Sauvage | Guernsey CI | Mentally ill man kills mother | ||
| 18 Dec 2005 | Patrick McGrath | Coalisland, Co Tyrone | Mentally ill man off meds with history of violence suffocates elderly postmaster and severely assaults sister | ||
| 25 Oct 2005 | Maureen Lyttle | Belfast | Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly batters mother (‘a ferocious beating’) | Long MH History & previously sectioned | Sentencing |
| 12 Jul 2005 | Lauren O’Neill (9) | Carryduff, Co.Antrim | MH homicide of daughter and herself | Ind Inq found catalogue of errors and missing notes | Inquiry
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| 18 Jul 2004 | Geraldine Kane | Belfast | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend 5 times, later attempts suicide | Previous attempts to kill | |
| 30 May 2004 | Richard Caldwell | Belfast | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man | Manslaughter – life minimum 6 years / later allegedly stabbed man after release | Sentencing remarks |
| 28 June 2003 | New Born Baby | Enniskillen | Mentally ill teenager suffocates her baby | ||
| 09 Mar 2003 | Sharon Moore | Lisburn | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed and mutilated woman, a month after release from Psych hospital | Ind Inq 2006. Known risk of violence to others, just released from Psych hospital | Inquiry |
| 03 Nov 2001 | Joe Black | Coleraine | Mentally disordered man fatally batters vulnerable acquaintance | History of previous violence – diminished responsibility | |
| 08 Jul 1999 | Marion Hobbs | Portadown | MH/Psychotic stabbing of girlfriend | ||
| 04 Jun 1999 | Corien Fulton | Cookstown | Mentally disordered ex-soldier fatally shoots his wife | Convicted of manslaughter – 5 years imprisonment | |
| 16 Jan 1997 | Pat Douglas | Belfast | Mentally disordered man fatally stabs wife with Alzheimers and attempts to stab himself | Alleged ‘Mercy killing’ – diminished responsibility – 3 yr probation | |
| 21 Feb 1995 | Clara Joughlin (4) | Isle of Man | MH patient attacks two daughters, killing younger one | Ind Inq 1997. Long MH history | Inquiry |
| 18 Jan 1994 | Kieran Hegarty (11) | Strabane | MH patient abducted and killed schoolboy | Inquiry | |
| 4 Mar 1993 | Alexander McNaught | Belfast | Mentally disordered man kills acquaintance |