105 known cases 1993 – 2018
48 inquiry reports
Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
10 Oct 2019 | Lesley Spearing | Rainham | Mentally ill man fatally stabs and batters his mother | Unfit to plead – Trial of facts | |
27 Dec 2018 | Jake Ford (23 months) | Margate | Psychotic woman kills young twins | Sentencing remarks | |
Chloe Ford (23 months) | |||||
29 Sep 2018 | Margaret Harris | Hadlow, Kent | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbours | Under a CMHT at the time of the assault | |
Sharon Harris | |||||
31 July 2018 | Stephanie Packman | Kemsley, Sittingbourne | Depressed man fatally stabs wife and attempts to harm himself | Diminished responsibility case | |
05 July 2018 | Samantha Toms | Maresfield, E Sussex | Mentally ill man suffocated his partner | Consistently not taken meds – sent to Broadmoor | |
18 Jun 2018 | Leo Tompsett (5) | Beachy Head, Sussex | Depressed mentally ill woman kills herself and young son by jumping off cliffs | ||
20 Apr 2018 | Fiona Fisher | Crowborough | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother | ||
13 April 2018 | Maryna Zhytnyk-Kavaliauske | Worthing | Mentally disordered and obsessive man fatally strangles friend | Subsequently took his own life | |
28 Nov 17 | Glyn Rouse | Crawley | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs complete stranger | ||
29 Oct 2017 | Mary Steel (79) | Farncombe | Psychotic man fatally stabs elderly mother | Reportedly asked for help which ‘wasn’t forthcoming’ | |
21 Jul 2017 | Olivia Kray | Herne Bay | Mentally ill man strangles daughter and attempts to kill partner | Section 45a Hybrid order | |
6 May 2017 | Razvan Sirbu | Maidstone | Mentally ill man fatally attacks stranger with machete | ||
21 May 2016 | Sonita Nijhawan | Weybridge | Depressed man fatally and repeatedly batters wife with an axe & knife | DHR Full | |
5 Apr 2016 | Newborn baby | Bognor Regis | Mentally ill mother fatally strangles her new born baby | Convicted of infanticide | |
19 Nov 2015 | Jean Robertson (86) | Sittingbourne | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters his grandmother | History of previous serious violence, off meds, released by MHRT | DHR Full |
17 July 2015 | Donald Lock | Findon | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs stranger | MH history, some previous violence, family not listened to | Inquiry Report |
25 Dec 14 | Joe Lewis | Brighton | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs friend | Judge said a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ | Inquiry |
5 Dec 14 | Yvonne Tapp | Southborough | Psychotic man kills partner | Long MH history | |
Aug 14 | Philip Pennelegion | Ramsgate | Psychotic man with history of violence fatally battered friend after ‘spirits told him to’ | Not taking meds – didn’t think he was ill | |
Apr-14 | Sandra Boakes (70) | Sompting | Mentally ill pensioner fatally batters wife | ||
24 Jan 2014 | Elizabeth Thomas (17) | Oxted | Mentally disordered teenager fatally stabbed young friend | Convicted of murder | |
24 Nov 2013 | Dennis Bryant (90) | Dorking | Man with Dementia fatally batters fellow care home resident | Inadequate Serious Case Review | SCR |
16 Aug 2012 | Chris Poole | Eastbourne | Mentally ill man fatally punches and kicks man | Inquiry | |
Aug-2012 | Jan Jensen | Hassocks | Mentally ill man fatally stabs MH patient day after release from psych. hospital | Nurses and others falsified records after the killing | Inquiry |
May 2012 | Annette Sturt | Dover | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters and strangles his mother | Heavy drug abuse | Executive Summary |
Sep-2011 | Terence Wotton | Gravesend | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs father | Unmedicated – Crisis team had attended that day | DHR Exec Summ |
Jun-11 | Linda Allen | Horsham | Mentally ill man fatally stabs wife and bludgeons her with a hammer. | Hospital order under MHA | |
Apr-11 | Jonathan Ellison | Brighton | Mental Health Patient fatally batters vulnerable man | Long Forensic history, D&A problems, PD | Executive Summary |
Mar-11 | Natalie Walker | Broadstairs | Paranoid psychotic man fatally stabs wife in front of 3 year old child | Drug history – asked to be sectioned before killing before but was sent home. | Inquiry |
Mar-11 | Nigel Randall Ross | South Chailey | Mentally ill man fatally stabs stepfather | ||
6 Mar 2011 | David Ford | Margate | Man with schizophrenia fatally attacks fellow hostel resident | Inquiry | |
Nov-10 | Shehlah Baig | Crawley | Unmedicated Paranoid Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs wife | Long MH history – Not taking medication | |
Sep-10 | Stefan Welch | Brighton | Mentally ill man kills acquaintance and sets body alight | Inquiry- Full | |
Sep-10 | Anthony Wakeford | Effingham | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs husband | Released at trial | Inquiry |
15 Feb-2010 | Gordon Stalker | Brighton | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs neighbour believing him to be a witch stealing his soul | History of increasingly erratic and threatening behaviour. Inq found death was preventable. | Inquiry Follow Up |
Nov-09 | Dominic Kelly | Guildford | Schizophrenic batters friend and pushes him into river where he drowns | ||
Jun-09 | Magda Bushara | Hove | Mentally ill man man repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife then killed himself | Coroner found- ‘clear history of MH problems’ | |
Jan-09 | Timothy Hutcheon | Chatham | MH patient repeatedly and fatally stabs acquaintance | Long MH history | Inquiry |
Dec-08 | James Taylor | Dartford, Kent | Mentally ill woman kills her son by drowning | ||
May-08 | Sharani Navaneethan (4) | Carshalton | Mentally ill mother fatally stabs children | ||
May-08 | Shanjayan Navaneethan (5) | Carshalton | Mentally ill mother fatally stabs children | sectioned | |
May-08 | Drusilla Paisley | Burgess Hill | Mentally ill man batters and fatally stabs wife then kills himself | had recently been seen by psychiatrist | |
Dec-07 | Valerie Twyman | Ramsgate, Kent | Psychotic man fatally stabs grandmother | MH history | |
Dec-07 | Sue Goswell | West Chiltington, Sussex | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed wife then kills himself, a week after leaving psychiatric hospital. Many previous warnings | MH history – released from Psych hospital despite warnings from daughter | Executive Summary Full Inquiry |
Aug-07 | Daniel Quelch | Maidenhead, Berks | Paranoid Schizophrenic breaks into house and fatally and repeatedly stab stranger in front of his children | Long MH history – sectioned 2001 – not taking meds | Inquiry |
Aug-07 | Brenda Lindley | Northfleet | Mentally ill man fatally batters wife then kills himself | Inquiry | |
May-07 | Catherine Genestin | Brighton | Mentally ill man bludgeons wife and hides her body around house | MH history, previous suicide attempt | Serious Case Review |
Jan-07 | Claire Edrich | Lowland | Mentally ill man fatally shoots wife | ||
Mar-06 | John McKenna | Egham, Surrey | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs friend days after release from Psych unit (Chertsey) | MH history (Ind Inq 2013, Verita) | Inquiry |
Nov-05 | Marion Edgington | Forest Row, E Grinsted | Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabs mother | ||
Jun-05 | Anthony Radford | Pewley Down, Guildford | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repaetedly batters man with log | MH History. (Ind Inq 2013, Verita) | Inquiry |
Jun-05 | Chris Stones | Worthing | Paranoid Schizophrenic stabs father of two | Long MH history | Inquiry |
Apr-05 | Jackie Marshall | Chichester Sussex | Mentally Ill man kills manager in frenzied attack | ||
Dec-04 | Angela Titley | Private Psych hospital, Redhill, Surrey | Psychotic MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed lover with Swiss Army Knife | Ind Inq 2009. May have missed meds | Inquiry |
Nov-04 | Derek Saxby | Folkestone | MH Patient with schizophrenia kills fellow hostel resident | Long MH history. (Ind Inq 2013, Verita) | Inquiry |
Oct-04 | Jonathan Kendrick | Brighton | Schizophrenic man beats a man to death with screw-driver and hammer | Psychotic disorder – victim had been trying to help him | |
Sep-04 | Marie Harding (73) | Worthing | Psychotic fatally stabs strangers (& 3 in London) | Ind Inq 2009 Mother had been asking for MH help for him for months | Inquiry |
Jan-04 | James Ford | Sunbury | MH patient fatally attacked man with brick | Ind Inq 2007, usual problems team work, poor notes | Inquiry |
Aug-03 | Richard Baker (Mr G) | Hastings | Paranoid schizophrenic strangles acquaintance | Drug and alcohol. 2006, Georgiou | Inquiry |
Jul-03 | Richard Cromarty | Maidstone | MH patient fatally stabs neighbour 20 times | Indep Inq | Inquiry |
Apr-03 | Laura Sturla | Gillingham | Mentally ill man fatally injects former patient with heroin | Inquiry | |
Mar-03 | Rae Torbet (Ms E) |
Hastings, Sussex | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed ex girlfriend | Ind Inq 2005 | Inquiry |
Dec-02 | Joan Smythe | Rainham (but SE Coast patient) | MH patient sexually assaulted and murdered elderly stranger | Ind Inq 2006 Family had been trying to get him help | Inquiry |
Jun-02 | Julie Ann Wendel (Ms L) | Netherfield, East Sussex | Long term MH patient strangled girlfriend | Indep Inq. Previous violence. 2005, Georgiou | Inquiry |
Feb-02 | Natalie Scott | Bognor Regis, Sussex | Paranoid schizophrenic with delusions fatally and repeatedly stabs girlfriend | ||
Sep-01 | Gilbert McCallum | Dover | Man with MH problems killed man | Ind Inq 2005 | Inquiry |
Aug-01 | Melanie Welch (Ms B) | Redhill, Surrey | depressive MH patient strangled his partner | Ind Inq 2005 | Inquiry |
Jul-01 | Joseph Day | Folkestone | Schizophrenic (triggered or exacerbated by drug abuse) fatally stabbed another | Ind Inq 2004 found failures and errors. No Risk Ass. Team work poor | Inquiry |
Jun-01 | Mark Blackston | Northfleet, Kent | MH patient fatally stabbed victim | Ind Inq 2005. Previous violence, had warned she would kill s.o | Inquiry |
Jun-01 | John Stevens | Woking | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed friend | Poor risk assessment, CPA, & information sharing. 2003, Mackay | Inquiry |
Jun-01 | Jamie McCarville (4) | Dover | Mentally ill woman fatally shoots son and tries to shoot herself | ||
25 Apr 2001 | Rajinder Kaur Sidhu | Crawley | Delusional and psychotic man fatally stabbed wife | Diminished responsibility – she was in fear of her life | |
Dec 2000 | Bernard Murphy (79) | Brighton | Mentally ill man fatally strangles friend | ||
17-22 Sept 2000 | Alex Wessell (13) | Findon, Sussex | Mentally ill woman fatally drugged and smothered teenage son. | Diminished responsibility | |
Apr-00 | Sarah Lawson | Worthing | Depressive strangled mentally ill daughter | Ind Inq 2004 | Inquiry |
Mar-00 | Mrs PG | Kent | MH patient killed woman | Inquiry hushed up | |
Feb-00 | Simon Widger | Eastbourne, Sussex | Psychotic glued partners eyes, ears and lips and fatally and repeatedly stabbed him | Ind Inq, 2003 | Inquiry |
Dec-99 | Taher Rahman | Hove, Sussex | Mentally ill man beheads mother | ||
Oct-99 | Avril Hollens | Tonbridge, Kent | MH patient fatally stabs girlfriend | Ind Inq 2003 | Inquiry |
Jun-99 | Nancy Broadbridge | Ramsgate | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed landlady | MH history with violence with knives, known threat | Inquiry |
Jun-99 | Robert Kavanagh | Hove, Sussex | Depressed Psychotic woman fatally stabs boyfriend | ||
Sep-98 | Remy Surage (Mr S) | Orpington, Kent | MH homicide – stabbed and killed | Ind Inq 2004. Had been sectioned for previous violence | Inquiry |
26 Jan-1998 | Beryl O’Connor | Hastings, Kent | Psychiatric patient strangled woman and set her alight | ||
17 Jan-1998 | Clare Letchford | Hastings, Kent | Psychiatric patient strangled woman and set her alight | ||
27 Nov 1997 | Justin El Korashy | Brighton | Mentally disordered man stabbed three people one fatally | Detained in Broadmoor | |
06 Aug 1996 | Ossie Clark | Brighton | Psychotic man fatally stabbed friend more than 40 times | ||
Jul-96 | Lin Russell | Kent | Man with PD & psychosis killed strangers with a hammer | Ind Inq 2006, Had asked for help before incident. | Inquiry |
Megan Russell | |||||
Jan-96 | Marion Addy | Ashington, W Sussex | Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally bludgeons woman with club hammer | ||
Aug 1995 | Mary Morris (84) | Camberley | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed elderly mother | ||
26 Jun 1995 | Sujad Kahn | Crawley | Mentally ill man shoots his sons, one of them fatally | Diminished responsibility | |
10 Mar 1995 | Maxine Boot | Guildford | Psychotic former abattoir worker fatally attacks woman with numerous weapons | ||
end Jan / early Feb 1995 | Margaret Farrage | Tunbridge Wells | Paranoid schizophrenic satanist fatally beats and stabs mother | Diminished Responsibility | |
Jan 1995 | Alexander Oatley (11 days) | Hinchley Wood | Woman with post natal depression kills young baby | ||
Nov-94 | Mary Povey | West Kent | MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs mother | Previously threatened violence with knives. | Inquiry report available on request |
25 Jul 1994 | David Enticknap | Woking | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed husband | ||
May 1994 | Fiona Wood | Woking | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed husband’s new partner | ||
10 Mar 1994 | Kenneth Taylor | Canterbury | Psychotic man steals car and crashes into another killing passenger and severely injuring driver | insanity case – given two year supervision & treatment order | |
Jan 1994 | Maraj Akhtar | West Surrey | Schizophrenic fatally stabbed man | Released from hospital 6 months earlier | |
20 Nov 1993 | Jeanette Tadd | Woking | Paranoid mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed young wife. | Diminished responsibility | |
Sept 1993 | Husnare Ali | Crawley | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife | ||
Pre Sept 1993 | Marie Worrell (18) | Dartford | Mentally disordered man battered woman to death and threw her body out of window | Long MH history | |
15 Jul 1993 | Nicholas Stanley | Guildford | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs support worker | sent to hospital without limit of time |