87 known cases 1993 – 2017
34 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.

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SOURCES
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/indinvmh/

Date	Victim	Location	Event	Comment	download
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
2 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
7 Aug 2016	Gary Hastings	Nottingham	Mentally ill & deluded man fatally batters stranger	Long MH history – court found him insane
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)
8 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’
3 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
9 Dec-2013	Sandra Bainbridge	Belper	Mentally ill woman breaks into house and kills pensioner	Long History of mental illness – recent contact	INQUIRY CHRONOLOGY
31 Oct 13	Alan Goode	Lincoln	Mentally ill prisoner kills cellmate		PPO Inq
1 Sep-13	Zoe Black (7 mths)	Nottingham	Post natally depressed woman drowns baby daughter
Apr-13	Timothy Keam	Northampton	Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally batters landlord with hatchet	Prev concerns about deteriorating MH
Dec-12	Charles Talbot	Elkesley, Notts	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters father	Long MH History had previously been sectioned for attacking his Dad
Dec-12	Julia Thurgarland	Maplebeck, Notts	Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife and attempts suicide	Due to have Psych. assessment on day of killing
Nov-12	Khloe Abrams (20mths)	Northhampton	Mentally ill man (w PTSD) battered baby	Former soldier, injured in Afghanistan, SCR due
Sep-12	Giuseppe Difina	Nottingham	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs father	Had previously threatened to attack him
Jun-12	Mark Blades	Nottingham	Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed stranger	Indef hospital order & 20 yrs imprisonment
Dec-11	Gillian Woodward	Nottingham	Depressed man fatally stabs wife	Long history of depression not treated
Oct-11	Skye Jacques (7 mths)	Leicester	Mentallyh ill woman kills her baby		Inquiry 213kb
Mar-11	Mary Thorpe	Barrowby	Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother	20 year history of psychotic mental illness
Feb-11	Thomas Oakes-Green (13)	Shepshed, Leics	Depressed mother fatally stabbed both her children and then killed herself
	Eleanor Oakes-Green (9)
Jun-10	Rachael Slack	Holbrook, Derbyshire	Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-partner and toddler son days after MH assessment and threats to kill them		INQ SCR
	Auden Slack (23 mnths)
Mar-10	Margaret Clapperton	Mansfield	Mentally ill man kills mother
Jan-10	Michael Young	Nottingham	Mentally ill man fatally stabs brother	Long MH history	Inquiry 237kb
Jul- 09	John McGrath	Stapleford, Nottingham	Schizophrenic man repeatedly and fatally stabs grandfather	Long MH history, family warnings, repeated missed opportunities. Judge criticised MH professionals	Inquiry 582kb
May-08	Eunice Carr	Nether Langwith	Demented pensioner fatally batters wife
Dec-07	Stephanie Barton	Boston	Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabs girlfriend	Heavy cannabis user. Tried to access help without success	Inquiry 90kb
Nov-07	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 534kb and Coroner 223kb
Aug-07	Karen Godden	Leicester	Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed neighbour with chisel	Ind Inq 2010 (2007/9113 Recently released from Psych hospital – stopped meds.)	Inquiry 457kb
Aug-07	Jay Birch (5)	Buxton	Mentally ill woman murdered son and attempted suicide
May-07	Margaret McIntyre	Corby, Northants	Mentally ill man kills grandmother		Inquiry 339kb
Jan-07	Nicole Townshend	Leicester	Psychotic drives car and mounts pavement killing two strangers (Satan driving)	Sought help day before but released, Ind Inq	Inquiry 433kb
	Jane Malkin
Jan-07	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
Jan-07	Rina Panchal	Thurmaston, Leicester	Mentally ill man fatally stabs shopworker	MH history	294kb
Nov-06	Nicholas Windsor	Northampton	Psychopath fatally batters man	Indefinite detention under MHA	Inquiry 455kb
Sep-06	Rodney Wells	Nottingham	MH patient fatally stabbed daughter’s boyfriend	Long MH history, with violence. 2010, Verita.	Inquiry 226kb
Sep-06	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 1.3Mb
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 982kb
Aug-05	Michael Green	Nottingham	MH patient fatally stabs victim with pen (6″ lodged in brain)		Inquiry 197kb
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 38kb
	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	SCR 2007 – previous history of violence	Inquiry 940kb
Oct-03	Nico Meli	Nottingham	MH patient fatally stabs man	Threatened MH workers that day with knife and hammer but released.	Inquiry 441kb
Jul-03	Paige Shatlock Jones (PS/J) (6)	Hucknall, Notts	Mentally ill man rapes and hangs stepdaughter then hangs himself	Ind Inq 2006	Inquiry 183kb
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	Ind Inq 2005, Violent history. Vol. inpatient – catalogue of errors, prev. threatened to stab stepfather.	Inquiry 389kb
Jul-02	Sandy Hadfield (13)	Lincoln (& Derby)	Sexual predator with long MH history kills teenager	SCR 2006. Long MH history – Previous violence	Inquiry 153kb
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 569kb
Nov-00	Alan Clark	Nottingham-shire	MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs victim (affair)	Ind Inq 2004	Inquiry 307kb
Mar-00	Phillip Beardmore	Lincoln	MH patient stabs victim	Ind Inq 2003
Oct-99	George Ackroyd	Hope, Derbyshire	Paranoid schizophrenic beheads father	Ind Inq 2002
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-girlfirend 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
Oct-98	Catherine Hundleby	Leics	Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife	Ind Inq 2001
Jan-97	Caroline Burningham	Welling-borough, Northants	Paranoid schizophrenic batters, sexually assaults and fatally strangles pregnant woman (stranger)	Ind Inq 1999
Jul-96	Anthony Winship	Notts	MH Patient kills father after stabbing and repeatedly hitting him with hammer.	Ind Inq 1997
Jun-96	Adil Butt	Leics	MH homicide	Ind Inq 1999 – failure to evaluate and assess properly
Oct-95	Patrick Cullen	Leics	MH Homicide	Ind Inq 1998
Oct-95	John Dawson	Leics	MH homicide, kidnapping of stranger w firearm	Ind Inq 1997
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 238kb
	David Smith (12)
May-95	Janice Symons	Leicester	MH patient fatally stabs landlady	Ind Inq 1996
Aug-93	Samuel Vernon	Nottingham	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man and attempts murder of another	Ind Inq 1993. Many previous admissions