144 known cases 1993 – 2013
36 inquiry reports
In addition to the individual homicide inquiry reports available here, in September 2009 NHS North West published a study of all local mental health homicides between 2002 and July 2006 which had not been investigated properly.
They found 42 mental health homicides occurred in the area during that time.
By contrast only 22 cases have been found in press reports for the same period (involving 27 victims).
Of the 42 cases identified by the NHS North West report, 21 have still not been properly investigated.
Source
NHS North West Report.
http://www.northwest.nhs.uk/document_uploads/Board_Papers/08b.%20Legacy%20Report.pdf
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 8 Feb 2016 | William Lound | Salford | Paranoid schizophrenic with history of violence fatally stabs man | Had previously made threats to kill | |
| 7 Feb 2016 | Maylyn Couperthwaite | Bury | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour and seriously injures her vulnerable mother | Known to services – Previous offending history with knives | |
| 2-22 Oct 15 | Allan Wallace (86) | Huncoat, Lancs | Man with dementia fatally attacks and kicks fellow care home resident | Adult SCR due | |
| 9 Jun 2015 | Ian Dollery | Lytham St Annes | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger | Long history of mental illness and violence | |
| 15 Apr 15 | Bernadette Fox | Bootle | Paranoid Schizophrenic strangles mother and fatally stabs sister | Off meds and abusing substances | |
| Sarah Fox | |||||
| 31 Dec 14 | Sandra Brotherton | Stockport | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs mother | History of MH problems – Failed to take meds | INQUIRY |
| 2 Dec 14 | Edith Gravener (79) | St Helens | Depressed man strangles wife then kills himself | ||
| 19 Sept 14 | Paul Brown | Liverpool | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed parents | Had sought psychiatric help the day before | |
| Dorothy Brown | |||||
| 15 Apr 14 | Mussad Mohsin | Liverpool | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs father | ||
| 14 Dec-13 | Glennis Brierley | Littleborough | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs mother | Long history of mental illness | |
| 13 Sept 13 | David Rimmer | St Helens | Schizophrenic teenager fatally batters pensioner with bottle | Substance abuse problems | |
| Apr-13 | Lisa Clay | Bolton-le-Sands | Mentally ill man fatally stabs partner and young son | ||
| Joseph Chadwick (6) | |||||
| Sep-12 | Hazel Bailey (82) | Winsford | Demented man fatally batters wife with walking stick | ||
| Aug-12 | Khalid Kassian Hassan | Manchester | Psychotic woman beats man to death | Previous history of psychotic mental illness | |
| Aug-12 | Jane Archbold (77) | Outgate, Cumbria | Mentally ill man smothers and strangles his mother | History of drug and alcohol problems | |
| May 12 | Hannah Windsor | Wirral | Long term MH patient repeatedly stabbed, cut and strangled & sexually assaulted girlfriend | Long MH history | |
| Feb-12 | Josephine Gilliard | Blackpool | Mentally ill man repeatedly stabs and fatally batters wife with garden statue | ||
| Jan-12 | Mark Chandler | Cheadle | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs partner 90 times and then kills herself | MH history | |
| Oct-11 | Neil Ryan | Blackburn | Mentally ill teenager fatally stabs father | ||
| 19 Sep 2011 | Tracey Jones | Altrincham | Mentally disordered man sets fire to house killing woman, her son and himself | ||
| Shaun van Straaten (15) | |||||
| Sep-11 | Kalya Blake (4yrs) | Manchester | Paranoid schizophrenic mother suffocates daughter | Pre. MH history. Did not believe she was ill | ExecutiveSummary 182kb Inquiry 419kb |
| Sep-11 | Darren Brewster | Birkenhead | Psychotic teenager repeatedly and fatally stabs friend | History of autism | |
| June-11 | Harry Morris | Warrington | Psychotic man ‘doing God’s will’ drowns stranger | Drug history – Previous warnings about mental state, but no action taken after assesment | |
| 17 Apr 11 | Thomas Thompson | Liverpool | Mental Health patient fatally batters man with variety of implements | History of violence. Previous inpatient month before incident | INQUIRY REPORT |
| Apr-11 | Ryan Livesey | Blackburn | Unmedicated paranoid schizophrenic punches and kicks friend to death | Extensive drug and MH history | Inquiry 556kb |
| Apr-11 | Bernadette Gallagher | Preston | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs mother and mutilates her body | MH History | |
| Mar-11 | Valerie Donnelly | Preston | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs and slashes Mother 80 times | MH History – due for ’emergency appointment’ | Inquiry 299kb |
| Feb-11 | Chloe Makin (4) | Bury | Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally stabs daughter then attempts suicide | ||
| Feb-11 | Peggie Wilson | Kendal | Psychotic man punches, strangles and repeatedly and fatally stabs wife then kills himself | Discharged from hospital 2 days before | Serious Case Review 75kb |
| Feb-11 | Noreen Patrick (89) | Burnley | Woman with dementia fatally punches fellow care home resident | ||
| Jan-11 | Ferat Kesmez | Manchester | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters co-worker | Undiagnosed? | |
| Jan-11 | Peter Hopwood | Rochdale | Mentally ill man fatally beats stranger about the head | MH History | Inquiry 644Kb |
| Nov-10 | Michael Naylor | Manchester | Psychotic man fatally stabs flatmate | Had prev. made threats to kill not passed on | Inquiry 1.3Mb |
| Nov-10 | Muriel Richards (79) | Ellesmere Port | Psychotic pensioner with Dementia fatally and repeatedly batters wife in the head and face | ||
| Oct-10 | Simon Makin | Liverpool | Schizophrenic man fatally strangles friend with dog lead | Deliberately stopped taking meds | |
| Jun-10 | Patricia Hammond | Alsager | Mentally ill man (dementia) repeatedly and fatally stabs wife | Inquiry 717kb | |
| Jun-10 | Elsie Hayes | Salford | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally batters mother with hammer, then stabs and mutilates her body | Long MH history | |
| Jun-10 | David Bird | West Cumbria | Mentally ill delusional man goes on shooting spree, then kills himself | ||
| Kevin Commons | |||||
| Darren Rewcastle | |||||
| Susan Hughes | |||||
| Kenneth Fishburn | |||||
| Isaac Dixon | |||||
| James Jackson | |||||
| Jennifer Jackson | |||||
| Gary Purdham | |||||
| Jamie Clark | |||||
| Michael Pike | |||||
| Jane Robinson | |||||
| Apr-10 | Tia Rigg (12) | Manchester | Mental Health patient drugs, rapes, stabs and strangles 12 year old niece | MH history – drugged her with Olanzapine | SERIOUS CASE REVIEW
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| Mar-10 | Edna Gadsby | Liverpool | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs mother (had previously murdered father in Feb 2004 – released 2006) | MH staff unaware of previous warning signs | Inquiry – Full 2.4MbInq Exec Summ 614Kb |
| Sep-09 | Jean Darbyshire | Wigan | Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife, then kills himself. | Long MH history. Inq found many care failures | Inquiry 1.9Mb |
| Apr-09 | Chloe Fletcher (4) | Wallasey, Merseyside | Schizophrenic woman drowns daughter and attempts suicide. | Serious Case Review 150kb | |
| Jan-09 | Claire Marshall | Millom, Cumbria | Psychotic mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-girlfriend 41 times in front of her two children | ||
| Jan-09 | Patricia Smales | Manchester | Mentally ill man bludgeons wife to death with a brick | ||
| Jan- 09 | Jean Nevin (81) | St Helens | Mentally ill psychotic woman strangles elderly aunt. | ||
| Dec-08 | Patrick McGee | Manchester | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs pensioner, decapitates him and leaves head in wheelie bin. | ||
| Nov-08 | Delayno Mullings-Sewell (6m) | Manchester | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs children | MH history, recent contact with MH services – discharged | |
| Nov-08 | Romario Mullings-Sewell (2) | Manchester | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs children | MH history, recent contact with MH services – discharged | |
| Nov-08 | John Crook | Liverpool | Mental health patient fatally attacks man in ‘brutal and savage’ assault | Long MH history with violence – Ind Inq. 2013 Conseque | Inquiry 502kb |
| Aug-08 | Judith Davidson | Penrith | Depressive fatally and repeatedly stabbed wife | ||
| Jul-08 | Ethel Heyworth (93) | Carlisle | Man with Dementia pulls elderly woman from bed fatally breaking her neck | Inquiry 87kb | |
| Jul-08 | Sidney Waller | Manchester | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger | internal inquiry found many failings | Inquiry 1.4Mb |
| Jun-08 | Michael Kahan | Manchester | Recently released Schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger | CCTV. Pennine Care NHS Trust. | Inquiry 1.2Mb |
| May-08 | Abdo Saeed Al Selwi | Huyton, Liverpool | Mentally ill man fatally shoots newsagent | Paranoid schizophrenia undetected until after incident | |
| Apr-08 | Philip Ellison | Preston | Psychiatric patient fatally stabs care worker during visit | ExecutiveSummary213kb Inquiry1.9Mb |
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| Mar-08 | Alan Scott | Allerton, Liverpool | Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed parents | Previous inpatient | Inquiry950kb |
| Stella Scott | |||||
| Feb-08 | Geeta Rao | Wigan | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stab sister and mother | Inquiry920kb | |
| Leela Rao | |||||
| Oct-07 | Thomas Grundy | Islington, Liverpool | Paranoid Scizophrenic fatally shoots stepfather | ||
| Aug-07 | Rosalind McManus | Birch Hill H, Rochdale, Lancs | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangled co-patient in Psych hospital believing her to be a spy | MH patient in hospital | Inquiry 1.65Mb |
| Apr-07 | Steven Calvert | Toxteth Liverpool | Psychotic fatally and repeatedly stabbed stepfather | ||
| Apr-07 | Simon Sutton | Birkenhead | MH patient fatally batters sister’s boyfriend with pool cue and kidnaps acquaintances | Critical Inquiry – D&A2012-Verita | Inquiry 624kb |
| Dec-06 | Jeannette Hullah | Cheetham, Manchester | Psychotic mentally ill man strangles and fatally stabs landlady in front of her child | Indefinite detention under MHA | |
| Dec-06 | Sandra Wilson | Newton le Willows | Mental Health Patient fatally strangles acquaintance | Prev history of depression & suicide attempts | ExecutiveSummary 222kb Inquiry 858kbUpdate 260kb |
| Nov-06 | Kevin Redford | Salford | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs stepfather | History of drug abuse and violence | |
| Sep-06 | Leslie Brown | Warrington | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour after failing to take meds | Inquiry 591Kb | |
| Jun-06 | John Speakman | Wigan | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed drinking partner | With Alcohol abuse.(Ind Inq2012 Consequence) | Inquiry 439kb |
| Apr-06 | Andrew Anderson | Barnston, Wirral | Psychotic mentally ill man fatally stabbed lodger 39 times, mainly to face and head | Previously sectioned twice. Before attack Mother had taken him twice to hospital the same day. Had reduced meds. | |
| Mar-06 | Joe Geeling (11) | Bury, Gtr Manchester | Mentally disordered youth fatally batters and stabs schoolboy | Court found he was mentally disordered at time | |
| Dec-05 | Donelle Schofield | Warrington | MH patient strangled partner then killed himself | Had warned of killing partner , no MH appt | |
| Aug-05 | James Brennan (6) | Chorlton, Manchester | Paranoid schizophrenic babysitter fatally stabbed sleeping young boy 73 times | Diagnosed year earlier with drug induced psychosis | |
| Mar-05 | Miriam Poulin | Macclesfield | Mental Health Patient sets fire to house killing woman | drug user – MH history – brief Ind Investigation six years later | Inquiry 330kb |
| Mar-05 | Alison Lumsden | Altrincham | Depressive repeatedly and fatally slashes face and neck of partner | ||
| Feb-05 | Edward Mills | Liverpool | Paranoid Schizophrenic bludgeons parents to death with hammer & tried to burn bodies | Undiagnosed? | |
| Margaret Mills | |||||
| Jan-05 | Premawatnie Dolamullage | Thornton, Merseyside | Depressive fatally strangled houskeeper with necktie. | MH patient | |
| Sep-04 | Terezia Sternberg Erova | Salford | Psychotic fatally stabs stranger | Sectioned (BBC Film on this case) | |
| Jul-04 | Sydney Blackwell | Liverpool | PD fatally battered and stabbed parents | ||
| Jaqueline Blackwell | |||||
| Jul-04 | Charles Shaw | Liverpool | fatally stabbed boyfriend in the throat | history of MH problems | |
| Jul-04 | Janet Courtney | St Annes, Lancs | Mentally ill man strangled disabled wife | detained indefinitely under MHA | |
| Apr-04 | Ida Heginbotham (87) | Preesall | Mentally ill man cuts wife’s throat and attempts suicide | ||
| Apr-04 | Mary Blain | Liverpool | Paranoid Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs elderly neighbour | ||
| Apr-04 | David Brown | Blackpool | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters man after argument | Previous inpatient | |
| Mar-04 | Alan Reece | Formby, Lancs | Schizophrenic son stabs parents, mother survives | Had been diagnosed & asked for home visit, ignored. | |
| Feb-04 | Arthur Gadsby | Liverpool | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally batters father with hammer the day he was due to be admitted to Psych hospital | ||
| Aug-03 | Stephen Bradley | Wigan | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour | ||
| Jul-03 | Richard Hodgson | Nether Kellet, Lancs | Mentally ill man fatally stabs neighbour and buries him in garden | ||
| Jul-03 | Judith Hunter | Manchester | Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex partner 113 times – whilst not taking meds | History of mental illness | |
| Jul-03 | Pauline Stephen | Aintree Merseyside | Schizophrenic murders two women, dumps dismembered bodies in binbags in alley | Ind Inq 2006 – previously sectioned for stabbing, released as ‘no risk’, had warned of intention | Inquiry 472kb |
| Hanane Parry | |||||
| Jun-03 | Chloe Fahey (5) | Manchester | Fatally stabbed daughter 52 times – attacked partner day before | Ind Inq 2010 – recently released MH patient – family and school concerns ignored | Inquiry 508kb |
| Apr-03 | David Crawford | Crewe | fatal stabbing by MH patient | MH patient | |
| Mar-03 | Patricia Jarvis | Blackpool | Psychotic fatally stabs and removes heart from wife, fatally stabs two children | ||
| John Jarvis (11) | |||||
| Stuart Jarvis (8) | |||||
| Dec-02 | John Williams | Oxton, Wirral | Mentally disordered man fatally batters and stabs father | Later suicide | |
| Jul-02 | Celia Boyes | Brierfield, Lancs | Mentally ill man fatally stabs wife 74 times | ||
| May-02 | Harry Upton (75) | Culcheth, Warrington | Former MH patient fatally stabs pensioner during burglary | Ind Inq 2005 | Summary 176kb Inquiry 130kb |
| Feb-02 | Hostel resident | Manchester | Mentally ill man kills fellow hostel resident | Long MH history – Internal review only | Internal Review 197kb |
| Feb-02 | Ahmed Adia | Bolton | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs acquaintance and attacks another | Long MH history, Inquiry announced but never published | |
| Jan-02 | Anthony Rigby | Blackburn | Schizophrenic with history of violence fatally shot friend in the back of the head, three months after release from hosptal | Critical Ind Inq 2003 | Inquiry 964kb |
| Nov-01 | Aaron Elleray (18mnths) | Bowness, Cumbria | Psychotic mentally ill woman sets garden shed alight with baby son inside killing him | ||
| Oct-00 | Michael Dickinson (7) | Seascale, Cumbria | Mother poisons son (Munchausens) | Serious Case Review | |
| Sep-00 | Matthew Murphy | Manchester | Mentally ill man with history of violence fatally and repeatedly stabs man | previously jailed for knife attack – released early | |
| Mar-00 | Emma Jade Dyson (5 mnths) | Burnley | MH patient drowns baby daughter | Long history of MH problems | |
| Feb-00 | Joanne Whitelegg | Bolton, Lancs | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs friend 27 times | Ind Inq 2003 | |
| Dec-99 | Eunice Watts | Runcorn | Schizophrenic fatally strangles wife and kills himself | Ind Inq 2001 | Executive Summary 146kb |
| Sep-99 | Liaquat Ali | Bury | MH homicide | Ind Inq 2003. Previous threats of violence | Inquiry 213kb |
| Dec-98 | Carol Houghton | Birkenhead | Schizophrenic fatally battered girlfriend around face and head. | Ind Inq 2001, Ceased meds, previously sectioned after stabbing | Summary 21kb |
| Nov-98 | Heath Rowson | Manchester | MH Homicide | Critical Ind Inq – 2001 | |
| Nov-98 | Garry Warburton | Lancs | MH Homicide | Ind Inq 2002 | |
| Oct-98 | IreneLythgoe | Wigan area | MH homicide of mother | Ind Inq 2000 | |
| Oct-98 | Eileen Halewood | Liverpool | MH homicide of mother | Ind Inq 2000 | |
| Dec-96 | Paul Masters | Wigan | homicide by patient w brain injury | Ind Inq 1999 | |
| Nov-96 | Kenneth Horrocks | Bolton | Paranoid Scizophrenic suffocates elderly neighbour | Ind Inq 1998 – care and comms failures | |
| Mar-96 | Hazel Horner | Lower Darwen, Lancs | MH patient kills wife and self a day aftter discharge from psych unit. | Critical Ind Inq 1997 | |
| Mar-96 | Dennis Spencer | Lancs | MH patient killed neighbour | Critical Ind Inq 1999 – catalogue of failures | |
| Feb-96 | Lee Kinch | Huyton,Merseyside | Schizophrenic fatally stabs 14 year old | sectioned twice. Inq initally kept secret | |
| Dec-94 | Stephen Cuddy | Liverpool | Paranoid schizophrenic stabs stranger | Previous assault with blade on WPC weeks earlier | |
| Sep-94 | Harry Johnstone | Oldham | MH patient bludgeons man to death | Ind Inq 1997 | |
| Sep-94 | Harry Johnstone | Oldham | MH patient bludgeons man to death | Ind Inq 1997 | |
| Mar-94 | Lesley Kenny (10) | Wythenshawe, Mcr | Schizophrenic kills both children with a hammer | ||
| Joseph Kenny (8) |