101 known cases 1993 – 2019
47 inquiry reports
NHS East Midlands ordered a review of all local mental health homicides between April 2002 and July 2006 and found some 20 cases. They found nine require a full independent investigation, nine did not meet the criteria and two have been subjected to other forms of investigation (Serious case reviews).
Only 14 of these cases have so far been identified.
SOURCES
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/indinvmh/
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 12 July 2020 | Connor Young (5 mths) | Royal Derby Hospital | Mentally ill woman strangles young son in mother & baby psychiatric inpatient unit | Long MH history | |
| 02 Aug 2019 | Daniel Mock | Bulwell, Notts | Mentally ill and learning disabled man fatally stabs nephew | Diminished responsibility | |
| 02 Jul 2019 | Edwin Whatsize (92) | Glen Parva | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabs grandfather | Diminished responsibility | |
| 19 Apr 2019 | Terry Radford (87) | Mansfield Woodhouse | Mentally ill man in stolen car fatally reverses over stranger, after assaulting a family claiming he was Jesus | Convicted Manslaughter by diminished responsibility | |
| 14 Feb 2019 | Dorothy Bowyer (77) | Buxworth, Derbyshire | Mentally ill man fatally stabs grandmother and her dog | Diminished responsibility | |
| 20 Nov 2018 | Jenson Spellman (5) | Tintwistle, Derbyshire | Depressed woman kills young son and herself by drowning | Two reviews? | |
| 28 Aug 2018 | Lisa Butler | Mansfield | Man with schizophrenia and psychosis fatally stabs niece | Had stopped taking meds – not reviewed | |
| 16 Aug 2017 | Karen Jacquet | Newark | Mentally ill man fatally batters partner | ||
| 19 July 2017 | Murrey Paulson | Derby | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed housemate | Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibility | |
| 27 May 2017 | Sohbia Khan | Derby | Paranoid schizophrenic kills wife in ‘savage’ attack | Had previously served hospital order for seriously assaulting another partner | |
| 02 Mar 2017 | Liam Pennick | Derby | Mentally ill man fatally stabs flatmate | Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished responsibility | |
| 23 Feb 2017 | Brian Robson | Cosby | Mentally ill man fatally batters elderly neighbour | Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished responsibility | |
| 16 Dec 2016 | Claire Nagle | Borrowash | Mentally ill man fatally strangled ex wife, seriously assaults step son and takes his own life | Inquest found MH had deteriorated significantly | |
| 10 Dec 2016 | Martin Maughan | Nottingham | Mentally ill & deluded man fatally batters stranger | Sentenced to Sec 37/41 | |
| 02 Nov 2016 | Adam Stokes (11) | Hinckley | Mentally ill man kills his two boys and then himself | Previous stand off with Police | |
| Matthew Stokes (5) | |||||
| 07 Aug 2016 | Gary Hastings | Nottingham | Mentally ill & deluded man fatally batters stranger | Long MH history – court found him insane | |
| 03 Aug 2016 | Ernestine Tindall (88) | Nottingham | Depressed man fatally strangles wife with dementia | Sentenced to 12 months in prison suspended for two years | |
| 25 Feb 2016 | Julie Hill | Shirebrook | Mentally ill man hearing voices from Satan batters and drowns aunt and strangles grandmother | Substance abuse | |
| Rose Hill (75) | |||||
| 08 Feb 2016 | Kerry Gascoigne | Sutton in Ashfield | Mentally ill man fatally strangles vulnerable partner | Family tried to get him help but told ‘nothing wrong with him’ | |
| 03 Dec 2015 | John Coxall (80) | HMP Nottingham | Recent mental health patient fatally chokes vulnerable fellow prisoner | Previous inpatient at secure unit | PPO Investigation |
| 17 Apr 2015 | Aileen Bell | Hinckley | Man with dementia & depression fatally and repeatedly stabs partner | ||
| 14 Apr 2015 | Sandra Thomas | Northampton | Paranoid schizophrenic off meds fatally batters mother with television bracket | Recently released – history of violence | |
| 18 Feb 2015 | William Tomlinson | Leicester | Mentally disordered man fatally strangles partner’s uncle and sets him on fire | History of mental disorder | |
| 23 Dec 2014 | Alex Robinson | Lincoln | Mentally disordered man drowns grandson | Long MH history – Recently released from inpatient unit | SCR |
| 11 Oct 2014 | Maria Mayes | Shepshed, Leics | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs mother | Not taking meds and abusing substances | |
| 11 Sept 2014 | Paul Averill | Ilkeston | Psychotic man fatally stabbed lodger | Previously undiagnosed – substance abuse problems | |
| 21 Apr 2014 | Leszek Dantes | Worksop | Psychotic man fatally stabbed parents | Long MH history with violence and drug abuse, Sec 45a | |
| Malgorzata Dantes | |||||
| 09 Dec 2013 | Sandra Bainbridge | Belper | Mentally ill woman breaks into house and kills pensioner | Long History of mental illness – recent contact | INQUIRY |
| 31 Oct 2013 | Alan Goode | Lincoln | Mentally ill prisoner kills cellmate | PPO Inq | |
| 04 Sept 2013 | Newborn baby – James | Bourne | Teenager fatally suffocates newborn baby boy whilst balance of mind disturbed | Infanticide case | |
| 01 Sep 2013 | Zoe Black (7 mths) | Nottingham | Post-natally depressed woman drowns baby daughter | ||
| 02 Apr 2013 | Timothy Keam | Northampton | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally batters landlord with hatchet | Prev concerns about deteriorating MH | |
| 28 Dec 2012 | Julia Thurgarland | Maplebeck, Notts | Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife and attempts suicide | Due to have Psych. assessment on day of killing | |
| 02 Dec 2012 | Charles Talbot | Elkesley, Notts | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters father | Long MH History had previously been sectioned for attacking his Dad | |
| 07 Nov 2012 | Khloe Abrams (20mths) | Northhampton | Mentally ill man (w PTSD) battered baby | Former soldier, injured in Afghanistan, SCR due | |
| 10 Sep 2012 | Giuseppe Difina | Nottingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs father | Had previously threatened to attack him | |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Mark Blades | Nottingham | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed stranger | Indef hospital order & 20 yrs imprisonment | |
| 25 Dec 2011 | Gillian Woodward | Nottingham | Depressed man fatally stabs wife | Long history of depression not treated | |
| 30 Oct 2011 | Skye Jacques (7 mths) |
Leicester | Mentally ill woman kills her baby | SCR | |
| 31 Mar 2011 | Mary Thorpe | Barrowby | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother | 20 year history of psychotic mental illness | |
| 23 Feb-2011 | Thomas Oakes-Green (13) | Shepshed, Leics | Depressed mother fatally stabbed both her children and then killed herself | ||
| Eleanor Oakes-Green (9) | |||||
| 02 Jun-2010 | Rachael Slack | Holbrook, Derbyshire | Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-partner and toddler son days after MH assessment and threats to kill them | INQ | |
| Auden Slack (23 mnths) | |||||
| 28 Mar 2010 | Margaret Clapperton | Mansfield | Mentally ill man kills mother | ||
| 4-8 Jan 2010 | Michael Young | Nottingham | Mentally ill man fatally stabs brother | Long MH history | Inquiry |
| 24 Jul 2009 | John McGrath | Stapleford, Nottingham | Schizophrenic man repeatedly and fatally stabs grandfather | Long MH history, family warnings, repeated missed opportunities. Judge criticised MH professionals | Inquiry |
| 10 Sept 2008 | Terence Hooper | Kettering | Ex High Secure Mental Health Patient fatally punches man | Inq found he had been released too early from Rampton | Inquiry |
| 28 May 2008 | Eunice Carr | Nether Langwith | Demented pensioner fatally batters wife | ||
| 20-23 Apr 2008 | Newborn baby – Eithan | Northampton | Mentally ill teenage mother suffocates newborn baby and puts his body under a lawnmower | Infanticide case | |
| 04 Dec 2007 | Stephanie Barton | Boston | Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabs girlfriend | Heavy cannabis user. Tried to access help without success | Inquiry |
| 27 Nov 2007 | 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 | Inquiry |
| 17 Aug 2007 | Karen Godden | Leicester | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed neighbour with chisel | Ind Inq 2010 (2007/9113 Recently released from Psych hospital – stopped meds.) | Inquiry
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| 02 Aug 2007 | Jay Birch (5) | Buxton | Mentally ill woman murdered son and attempted suicide | ||
| 19 May 2007 | Margaret McIntyre | Corby, Northants | Mentally ill man kills grandmother | Inquiry | |
| 30 Jan 2007 | Nicole Townshend | Leicester | Psychotic drives car and mounts pavement killing two strangers (Satan driving) | Sought help day before but released, Ind Inq | Inquiry |
| Jane Malkin | |||||
| 03 Jan 2007 | 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 | |
| 03 Jan 2007 | Rina Panchal | Thurmaston, Leicester | Mentally ill man fatally stabs shopworker | MH history | Inquiry |
| 07 Nov 2006 | Nicholas Windsor | Northampton | Psychopath fatally batters man | Indefinite detention under MHA | Inquiry |
| 26 Sep 2006 | 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. | Inquiry |
| 25 Sep 2006 | Rodney Wells | Nottingham | MH patient fatally stabbed daughter’s boyfriend | Long MH history, with violence. 2010, Verita. | Inquiry |
| Jan-06 | Joanne Butler | East Shilton, Leics | Mentally ill man batters mentally ill neighbour and sets house on fire | Ind Inq (ref 9090) 2010 | Inquiry |
| Aug-05 | Michael Green | Nottingham | MH patient fatally stabs victim with pen (6″ lodged in brain) | Inquiry | |
| Apr-05 | Joyce Halsey (70) | Chesterfield | Psychotic man fatally batters wife | ||
| Jan-05 | Katie Baxter | East Mid/ Nottingham | D&A Patient fatally strangles victims (prob PD) | Indep Inq due | Inquiry |
| Zoe Pennick | |||||
| Ellen Frith | |||||
| Jul-04 | Keith Frogson | Annesley Woodhouse, Notts | Paranoid Mentally ill man fatally shoots stranger with crossbow and hacks him with sword | ||
| Dec-03 | Rosie May Storrie (10) | Lincolnshire | Man with Aspergers Syndrome stripped and suffocated child | Previous History of violence | SCR |
| Oct-03 | Nico Meli | Nottingham | MH patient fatally stabs man | Threatened MH workers that day with knife and hammer but released. | Inquiry |
| Jul-03 | Paige Shatlock Jones (PS/J) (6) | Hucknall, Notts | Mentally ill man rapes and hangs stepdaughter then hangs himself | Ind Inq 2006 | Inquiry |
| Jul-03 | Robert Cory | Northampton | Schizophrenic shoots flatmate dead | ||
| 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”. | |
| Dec-02 | Jerome Bergan | Nottingham | Paranoid schizophrenic stabs stranger | jailed for life | |
| Nov-02 | Adam Morell (14) | Loughborough | Mentally disorderd man strangles and cuts up boy | Gang attack | |
| Nov-02 | Janet France | Northampton | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs ex-partner in front of 7 year old daughter | Hospital order under MHA | |
| Sep-02 | Michael Doherty | Leicester | Recently released paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed stranger in head and heart | SCR 2005, Violent history. Vol. inpatient – catalogue of errors, prev. threatened to stab stepfather. | SCR |
| Jul-02 | Sandy Hadfield (13) | Lincoln (& Derby) | Sexual predator with long MH history kills teenager | SCR 2006. Long MH history – Previous violence | Inquiry |
| Dec-01 | Jacqueline Wedderburn | Nottingham | Psychotic man fatally battered sister with knives, glass and spade | ||
| Dec-00 | Zafar Iqbal | Nottingham | Detained paranoid schizophrenic leaves hospital without permission and kills brother in law | Ind Inq 2005 | Inquiry |
| Nov-00 | Alan Clark | Nottingham-shire | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs victim (affair) | Ind Inq 2004 | Inquiry |
| Mar-00 | Phillip Beardmore | Lincoln | MH patient stabs victim | Ind Inq 2003 | Inquiry |
| Oct-99 | George Ackroyd | Hope, Derbyshire | Paranoid schizophrenic beheads father | Ind Inq 2002 | Inquiry |
| 18 Aug 1999 | new born baby | Sutton in Ashfield | Mentally ill teenage mum fatally stabs new born baby | Infanticide case | |
| 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. | Report on Inquiry |
| Jun-99 | Vicki Older | Nottingham | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs and batters his ex-girlfriend with a pick-axe handle | Depressive sent to secure unit – released by MH Tribunal 4 years later | |
| May-99 | Richard Marden | Northampton | MH patient battered father to death with gas bottle | Critical Ind Inq, 2003. No CPA | Inquiry |
| Oct-98 | Catherine Hundleby | Leics | Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife | Ind Inq 2001 | Inquiry |
| Jan-97 | Caroline Burningham | Welling-borough, Northants | Paranoid schizophrenic batters, sexually assaults and fatally strangles pregnant woman (stranger) | Ind Inq 1999 | Inquiry |
| Jul-96 | Anthony Winship | Notts | MH Patient kills father after stabbing and repeatedly hitting him with hammer. | Ind Inq 1997 | Inquiry |
| Jun-96 | Adil Butt | Leics | MH homicide | Ind Inq 1999 – failure to evaluate and assess properly | Inquiry |
| Oct-95 | Patrick Cullen | Leics | MH Homicide | Ind Inq 1998 | Inquiry |
| Oct-95 | John Dawson | Leics | MH homicide, kidnapping of stranger w firearm | Ind Inq 1997 | Inquiry |
| Aug-95 | Gwendoline Smith | Sandiacre, South Derbys | Psychotic fatally stabbed mother and step brother, a month after release from psych unit | Ind Inq 1996 | Inquiry |
| David Smith (12) | |||||
| May-95 | Janice Symons | Leicester | MH patient fatally stabs landlady | Ind Inq 1996 | Inquiry |
| Aug-93 | Samuel Vernon | Nottingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man and attempts murder of another | Ind Inq 1993. Many previous admissions | Inquiry |