132 known cases 1994 – 2018
46 inquiry reports
NHS East of England ordered a review of all local mental health homicides between April 2002 and July 2006 which had not been properly investigated and found some 14 cases.
None of these 14 cases are publicly known.
SOURCES
NHS East of England – Verita Report
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | Download |
| 23 July 2018 | George Acres (7) | Rochford | Schizophrenic woman fatally strangles and drowns young son | Found to be insane at the time | |
| 15 Dec 2017 | Suzanne Brown | Braintree | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed partner after meds stopped | Family warned repeatedly about deterioration | |
| 05 Aug 2017 | Peter Wrighton | East Harling, Norfolk | Psychotic man off meds repeatedly and fatally stabs stranger | Previously told MH workers he wanted to kill | |
| 29 Jul 2017 | Farnaz Ali | Norwich | Mentally disordered man fatally batters neighbour 59 times with a hammer | ||
| 25 Jul 2017 | Natividad Nituan | Radlett | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed partner | ||
| 20 Jul 2017 | Geoffrey Caton | Bury St Edmunds | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed acquaintance | ||
| 04 Jan 2017 | Nicholas Daher (85) | Letchworth | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed his father-in-law | Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibility | |
| 22 Nov 2016 | Asia Tufall | Cambridge | Mentally ill man fatally smothers wife | ||
| 12 Jul 2016 | Allison Muncaster | Magdalen, Norfolk | Depressed man shot his wife and then himself | ||
| 07 May 2016 | Khabi Abrey | Westcliff | Mentally ill man sets fire in block of flats killing neighbour and her unborn baby | ||
| Unborn Baby | |||||
| 13 Apr 2016 | Jean Ryan | Felixstowe | Mentally disordered man fatally and repeatedly stabbed wife | ||
| 24 Mar 2016 | Amina Begum | Maldon | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother 37 times | ||
| 28 Dec 2015 | Rita King (81) | Walton on the Naze | Deluded mentally ill man fatally shoots wife | ||
| 24 Dec 2015 | Katie Locke | Waltham Cross | Recent Psychiatric patient strangles woman and abuses her body | Had made prev. threats to kill, recently released from psych.hospital | |
| 17 Dec 2015 | Kathleen Griffin | Clacton | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs and punches woman | Remained with the body to watch television | |
| 09 Dec 2015 | Terry Ojuederie | Peterborough | Psychotic man beats cell mate to death | Substance abuse history | PPO Inv |
| 20 Sept 2015 | Ashwin Desai | Luton | Psychotic man fatally batters stranger with fire extinguisher | ||
| 14 Sept 2015 | Nicola Cross | Hemel Hempstead | Paranoid Schizophrenic breaks into strangers house & fatally stabs mother in front of her children | ||
| 14 Sept 2015 | Zakariyyah Islam | Whitechapel, London | Mentally ill man fatally stabs healer | (out of London patient) | |
| 29 Aug 2015 | Samantha Ho | St Neots | Paranoid schizophrenic beheads wife and stabs family dog | Long MH history | |
| 22 Feb 2015 | Pauline King (82) | Norwich | Mentally ill man beats pensioner to death with two hammers | Recently released from psych unit | |
| 09 Dec 2014 | Bhagwant Singh | J27 M25 | Insane man drives into HGV causing multiple car fatal collision | ||
| 19 Nov 2014 | Dennis Nicholls | Lowestoft | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangles elderly father | Not taking meds | |
| 13 Nov 2014 | Deborah Ruse | Bury St Edmunds | Mentally ill man fatally batters ex wife with an axe before killing himself | MH Trust in regular contact before death | |
| 24 May 2014 | Wendy Ambrose | Boxted, Essex | Man with Dementia fatally shoots wife and then himself | ||
| 29 Mar & 17 June 2014 | James Attfield | Colchester | Mentally disordered man repeatedly & fatally stabs strangers | Detained in Secure psychiatric hospital | |
| Nahid Almanea | |||||
| 12 Mar 2014 | Alexa-Marie Quinn | Hatfield | Mentally disordered man fatally batters his daughter | Psychiatrist was frightened of him during assessment | SERIOUS CASE REVIEW |
| 22 Oct 2013 | Leonard Flower | Luton | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs neighbour | Had been recently seen by Crisis team | SERIOUS CASE REVIEW SUMMARY |
| 26 Sep 2013 | Tolu Kalejaiye | Wickford | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs mother | Domestic Homicide Review | |
| 21 Jun 2013 | Rebecca Thompson (11) | Bushey | Mentally ill man fatally strangles daughter and attempts suicide | ||
| 13 Jun 2013 | Russell Capon | Ipswich | Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs childhood friend | History of mental illness | |
| 04 May 2013 | Paul Simons | Chelmsford | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed, battered and cut man | ||
| 15 Apr 2013 | Levina Anderson (3) | Lowestoft | Mentally disordered mother kills her three children and then herself | Serious Case Review | |
| Addy Anderson (2) | |||||
| Kyden Anderson (11 mnths) | |||||
| 30 Mar-03 Apr 2013 |
John Chapman | Peterborough | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabs landlord & housemates | Had been admitted to psych ward two weeks before | |
| Lukasz Slaboszewski | |||||
| Kevin Lee | |||||
| 02 Mar 2013 | Thomas Baird | Hemel Hempstead | Recent MH patient batters and stabs ex-girlfiend’s father | Previous history of violent assaults | INQUIRY REPORT |
| 11 Jan 2013 | Myrna Kirby | Cheshunt | Depressed man smothers wife and kills himself | INQUIRY REPORT | |
| 02 Nov 2012 | Carol Cooper | Clacton | Mentally disordered man fatally smothers mother | Long MH history – previously sectioned | Domestic Homicide Review 296kb |
| 28 Aug 2012 | Maureen Tyler | Cray’s Hill, Essex | Mentally ill man fatally shoots mother then kills himself | MH history – family complaints about MH treatment | |
| 15 Jul 2012 | Claire Parrish | Harlow | Mentally disordered man fatally batters and stabs partner | MH history, stopped meds | |
| 10 Jul 2012 | PC Ian Dibell | Clacton | Mentally ill man fatally shoots policeman then kills himself | MH history | |
| 27 Jun 2012 | Eystna Blunnie | Harlow | Recent MH patient fatally batters ex fiancee and unborn child | Discharged from MH care less than month before | Domestic Homicide Review 457kb |
| 26 Aug 2011 | Tracy Anstice | Flitwick | Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-wife | INQUIRY REPORT | |
| 24 Jul 2011 | Jeanette Goodwin | Southend | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs former girlfriend | Family had tried to get get him sectioned | |
| 25 Jun 2011 | Fred Hodson | Luton | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly batters strangers head with hammer | Assessed as ‘no danger’ on day of incident | INQUIRY REPORT |
| 25 Feb 2011 | Albert Wright (80) | Hainault | Mentally ill man fatally stabs elderly relative | INQUIRY REPORT | |
| 20 Feb 2011 | Ruth Jacobs | Needham Market | Merntally ill man drowns disabled wife | Sentenced Sec 37 MHA – no restriction | INQUIRY REPORT |
| 25 Jun 2010 | Ramatunnessa Choudhury (70) | Luton | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly beat mother to death in front of children | Long MH history with serious violence. Not taking meds | Inquiry 287kb |
| 30 Apr 2010 | Sandra Crawford | St Albans | Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabs neighbour | Family took him to hospital day before but released. | |
| 15 Mar 2010 | Carol Wetherley | Needham | Paranoid Schizophrenic slits mother’s throat claiming Jesus made him do it. | MH History | Inquiry 317kb |
| 01 Jan 2010 | Rosina Waller (88) | Southend | Mentally ill man fatally batters grandmother | ||
| 23 Dec 2009 | June Jumaily | Letchworth | Mental health patient fatally stabs estranged wife in front of daughter | History of psychosis | Inquiry 1.1Mb |
| 17 Jun 2009 | Faith Lovemore(6 wks) | Cambridge | Mentally ill woman kills baby | MH History | SCR 116kb |
| 08 May 2009 | Christine McDonald | Newmarket | Mentally ill man batters and repeatedly stabs wife then commits suicide | Had had CMHT assessment 9 days before | |
| 06 May 2009 | Mary Griffiths | Bury St | Deluded recent mental health patient kills woman with bolt gun | INQUIRY | |
| 26 Apr 2009 | Colin Ricketts | Laindon, Essex | Mentally ill man with paranoid delusions fatally stabs mother’s boyfriend | Ind Inq commissioned | Inquiry 293Kb |
| 15 Nov 2008 | Boris Reavey | Bedford | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger three days after release from psych. hospital | long MH history had been inpatient 15 times | Inquiry 1.3Mb |
| 20 Sep 2008 | Ryan Walsh | Cheshunt | Mental health patient fatally stabs boyfriend | MH history w violence – inquiry found many failings in care. Ind inq. 2013 Iodem | Inquiry 1032Kb |
| 11 Sep 2008 | Brian Haynes | Peterborough | Mentally disordered man involved in fatal attack on inmate | Inq found poor care and missed opportunities | Inquiry 848kb |
| 26 Aug 2007 | John Redhead | Potters Bar | Mental health patient convicted of murdering ex boyfriend | Drug user. Ind inq. 2013 Niche | Inquiry 659Kb |
| 24 Aug 2007 | Kathleen Bainbridge | Dunstable, Beds | Mentally ill man fatally stabs care assistant and attempts to kill another | Unfit to plead. Herts patient | INQUIRY REPORT |
| 15-17 Jul 2007 | Marvaleen Lee | Bedford | Schizophrenic fatally stabs mother in neck and dismembers body | pleaded guilty by diminished responsibility | |
| 14 Jun 2007 | Neil Orton | Hemel Hempstead | Long term MH patient with history of violence fatally stabbed acquaintance | Inq found failings in care | Inquiry 673kb |
| 11 Jun 2007 | PC Johnathan Henry | Luton | Schizophrenic fatally stabs PC in the neck | alleged contact with MH Services 4 days before incident | Inquiry 796kb |
| 01 Mar 2007 | Joseph Talby (4) | Peterborough | Mentally ill woman smothers children then hangs herself | MH history | SCR 35kb |
| Paul Talby (2) | |||||
| 30 Dec 2006 | Steven Janczuk | Arlesey, Beds | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs husband | MH History | Inquiry 1.8Mb |
| 01 Nov 2006 | Marcus Witham | Colchester | MH patient (w PD and sub-stance abuse problems) fatally stabs partner | Case ‘E’ in Inq. Report | Inquiry 79kb |
| 24 May 2006 | Graham Rayner | Tavenham, Norfolk | Paranoid schizophrenic decapitates victim with axe and hides body in boot of car | Long MH history. prev. violence. Stopped meds. Inq said Preventable. | Inquiry 636kb |
| 23 Mar 2006 | Frank Empson | Harlow | MH patient fatally stabs acquaintance | Drug User | Inquiry 98kb |
| 22 Mar 2006 | Adel Makar | Westcliff on Sea | MH patient fatally stabs father then hangs himself | Inquiry 64kb |
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| 07 Mar 2006 | Paul Butterworth | Hoddesdon, Herts | Psychotic man strips naked and bludgeons friend’s father to death | Substance abuse | |
| Feb-06 | Mandlemkosi Nelya (Mandla Leya) | Cambridge | Conditionally released psychiatric patient batters friend and leaves him to freeze to death | Case F in Inq report. Verita 2010. History of psychotic illness & prev. violence. | Inquiry 79kb |
| 15 Jan 2006 | Terence Whiteley | Shenley | Man with Alzheimers drove car into cyclist | ||
| Dec-05 | Teresa Botwright | Lowestoft | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally attempts to decapitate mother with samurai sword | MH History | |
| Dec-05 | Michael Bird | Braintree | MH patient fatally strangles acquaintance | Case ‘K’ in Inquiry report | Inquiry 98kb |
| Aug-05 | Lisa Sullivan | Walton on the Naze | Mental Health patient strangles partner | Ind Inq found failings in care | Inquiry 494kb |
| Jul-05 | Peter Grimshaw | Colchester | MH patient fatally stabs friend | Case J in Inq report – many problems in Care. Verita 2010 | Inquiry 98kb |
| Jun-05 | Marguerite Dunkley | Lyng, Norwich | Paranoid Schizophrenic kills elderly parents by repeatedly stamping on them | Long MH history with previous violence yet allowed out for unsupervised visits. | |
| Jun-05 | Arthur Dunkley | Lyng, Norwich | Paranoid Schizophrenic kills elderly parents by repeatedly stamping on them | Long MH history with previous violence yet allowed out for unsupervised visits. | |
| Feb-05 | Mary (Maisie) Dempsey (71) | Harpenden | MH patient fatally stabs elderly neighbour 40 times | Substance abuse problems – Case B in Inquiry report. 2010, Verita. | Inquiry 79kb |
| Jan-05 | Ryszard Krasewski | Bedford | Psychotic repeatedly attacked three men with meat cleaver, two killed | ||
| Jan-05 | Adam Krol | Bedford | Psychotic repeatedly attacked three men with meat cleaver, two killed | ||
| Dec-04 | Christopher Mason | Watford | MH patient attacks stranger in street, who falls and later dies | 5 yr MH history – Case A in Inquiry report. Verita 2010 | Inquiry 79kb |
| Dec-04 | Deraye Lewis (3) | Bletchley | MH patient fatally punches toddler | Critical Inq. Verita 2010. (Case G) – PD and substance abuse | Inquiry 79kb |
| Dec-04 | Doreen Griggs | Wisbech, Cambs | Paranoid schizophrenic smothers and stabs grandmother fatally | Indep Inq. Hanson 2009 | Inquiry 328kb |
| Nov-04 | Mark Evans | Dagenham/ Ilford | Murdered man and burnt body in a wheelie bin | Ind Inq | |
| Oct-04 | Amanda Lewis | Bury St Edmunds | Depressive stabbed partner | light sentence | |
| Aug-04 | John West | Sheringham Norfolk | Paranoid schizophrenic killed his father in law | Ind Inq 2008. Previous violence, released days earlier, warnings. Poor risk assessment. Poor team work. | Inquiry 509kb |
| Jan-03 | Sean Hand | Basildon | MH Homicide by stabbing | Ind Inq 2008. Released despite homicidal thoughts, poor records | Inquiry 219kb |
| Dec-02 | Jayne Poppy | Leigh on Sea | Paranoid Schizophrenic batters girlfriend to death | Ind Inq 2008. Released against advice, missed appts, came off meds, no risk assessment. | Inquiry 239kb |
| Jul-02 | Derek Salmon | Colchester | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed her husband | Yes – Ind Inq | Inquiry 130kb |
| Jun-02 | Hazel Prager | Hainault, Essex | Paranoid schizophrenic rapes and fatally stabs a stranger | ||
| Aug-01 | Jason Hill (6) | Shortstown, Bedordshire | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally strangles young son | Social services deemed son at no risk two weeks earlier. SS inq | |
| Aug-01 | John Boultwood | Tilbury, Essex | PTSD depressive (after Ladbroke Grove) fatally and repeatedly stabs stranger | Indefinite detention | |
| May 01 | Dorothy Rush | Norwich | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally batters and stabs disabled mother | Originally unfit to plead, sentenced 2012 | |
| May 01 | Karen Richards | Watford | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabs wife | Recently released from Psychiatric unit | |
| 08 Nov 2000-20 Jan 2001 | John Timms | St Albans Hospital | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters and stamps on fellow psychiatric patient | Refused meds & abused substances | |
| 8 Jan 2000 | Dorothy Parsons (87) | Thorpe le Soken | Depressed man fatally shot wife | ||
| Sep-99 | Rosemary Neale | Colchester | MH homicide of mother | Ind Inq 2002 Bradley | |
| Jul-99 | Violet Dunderdale | Chelmsford | Paranoid Schizophrenic kills grandmother (DNA evidence 8 yrs later) | MH patient | |
| Apr-99 | Older brother | Barking & Havering | MH homicide | Ind Inq 2001 Roy | |
| Sep-98 | Martin Cass | Ford End, Essex | MH patient fatally shot ex’s new partner, then shot himself | Ind Inq 2001 Bowron | |
| Aug-98 | Joanne Alawode (3) | Cambs | MH homicide of daughter | Ind Inq 2000 Taylor | |
| Jan-98 | Daphne Bidwell (DB) | Thetford | Mentally ill man fatally bludgeons wife before killing himself | Ind Inq. 2003. Bellis (not publ) | |
| Oct-97 | Barbara Coleman | Beds | MH homicide | Ind Inq 1998 Price | |
| Apr-97 | Perry James | Hemel Hempstead | |||
| Dec 1996 | Marlene Kemp | Norwich | Insane man drives car into pedestrains killing a woman | ||
| Aug-96 | Daniel Whayman | Ipswich | Schizophrenic woman throws baby off 150ft bridge killing him | ||
| Jul-96 | Daniel Coleman (83) | Norfolk | MH Homicide | Ind Inq 2001 Armstrong | |
| Jul-96 | Denise Palmacci | Bedfordshire | Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-girlfriend after release from Psychiatric hospital | Ind Inq 1997 Price | |
| Mar-96 | Matthew Bowyer | Essex | MH patient sets mothers house alight and kills lodger | Ind Inq 1999 Herbert | |
| Nov-95 | John McLusky | Peterborough area | MH homicide of mother’s boyfriend | IndInq 1997 Mischon | |
| Oct-95 | Ben Slowley (8) | Ipswich | Mentally ill woman drugs and strangles sons | ||
| Sam Slowley (2) | |||||
| May-95 | Brenda Horrod | Hickling, Norfolk | MH patient fatally batters, stabs and smothers wife day after leaving hospital | Ind Inq 1998, Armstrong | |
| May 95 | Curtis Porter (8) | Thetford | Psychotic woman fatally stabs three children and commits suicide | ||
| Cherelle Porter (5) | |||||
| Clinton Porter (4) | |||||
| Dec-94 | Robert Mitchell | Bramford, Suffolk | Paranoid Schizoprenic absconds from open psych ward to behead father and strangle elderly neighbours | Ind Inq 1996 (Blom-Cooper). Previous history of attempted murder and assault | |
| Arthur Wilson | |||||
| Shirley Wilson | |||||
| Nov-94 | Christopher Edwards | Chelmsford prison | Schizophrenic homicide | Ind Inq 1998, Coonan (European Court HR case) | |
| Oct-94 | Paul Smith | Basildon Essex | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed stranger to’bring about second coming’ | Psychiatric patient | |
| 03 Sep 1994 | Gillian O’Dowd | Tring | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs wife | Been ill for 6 years, had previously made threats to kill | |
| 10 Oct 1993 | Cheung Ki Ho | Norwich | Mentally ill man fatally stamps on sister |