133 known cases 1993 – 2020
72 investigation reports
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 09 Dec 2020 | Marta Elena Vento | Bournemouth | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters young hotel receptionist in extended and brutal assault | Recently released from prison – off meds – diminished responsibility | |
| 25 Oct 2020 | Rhonda Humphreys | Hayle | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs neighbour and former partner | Diminished responsibility | |
| 08 Oct 2020 | Stuart Hopkin | Shepton Mallet | Delusional mentally ill pensioner repeatedly and fatally stabs his neighbour | Seen by MH staff previous day but not admitted due to lack of beds | Sentencing remarks |
| 25 June 2020 | Paul Wells | Highbridge | Mentally ill man fatally stabs neighbour | Diminished responsibility | |
| 19 June 2020 | Fabio Menegon | Bournemouth | Insane man fatally stabs friend and stabs two others who survive | Not guilty (?!) by reason of insanity | Sentencing remarks |
| 03 Jan 2020 | Katherine Bevan | Gittisham, Devon | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangles co-worker | Long history of violence & MH problems – Diminished responsibility | |
| 25 Aug 2019 | Omar Rashid | Gloucester | Paranoid mentally ill man fatally stabs acquaintance (later takes his own life in prison) | ||
| 10 May 2019 | Thomas Abraham | Gloucester | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs mentally ill man whilst suffering relapse | Indefinite hospital order with restrictions | |
| 10 Feb 2019 | Anthony Payne (80) Dick Carter (84) Roger Carter (84) | Exeter | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters elderly strangers with a hammer and spade | Previous inpatient, released twice by police, Dr said not detainable despite violence and talking of unicorns | |
| 10 Jan 2019 | Bashir Abdullah | Bristol | Mentally ill and paranoid man repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Had stopped taking medication two weeks before. | |
| 03 Aug 2018 | Lee Turner | Barnstaple | Paranoid schizophrenic with long history of mental illness fatally stabs complete stranger | Not taking Meds, family’s concerns unheeded | |
| 19 July 2018 | Lesley Davies (81) | Par, Cornwall | Demented and psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stamps on partner’s head | Hospital order with restrictions | |
| 23 Oct 2017 | Janet Northmore (76) | Derriford Hospital, Plymouth | Depressed and mentally ill man kills mother | Defendant later kills himself in prison | |
| 06 June 2017 | Philip Ryan | Honiton | Mentally ill man fatally stabs electrician | ||
| 22 Feb 2017 | Avis ‘Mary’ Addison (88) | St Merryn | Demented man fatally batters and smothers vulnerable wife | Domestic Homicide/ Safeguarding Adults Review Learning Briefing | |
| 13 Feb 2017 | Karina Guimaraes Batista | Bristol | Deluded mentally ill man fatally stabs wife | ||
| 17 Dec 2016 | Gary Miller | Plymouth | Mentally ill man fatally batters friend around the head | ||
| 7 July 2016 | Kamil Ahmad | Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic with history of violence fatally stabs and mutilates refugee | Previous Rampton patient – released by Tribunal day before | Case review |
| 02 Mar 2016 | Dawn Green | Newquay | Depressed man fatally strangles wife then kills himself | Inquiry Report | |
| 29 Dec 2015 | Michael Horner | Newlyn | Paranoid schizophrenic sabotages disabled mans’s boiler causing death by carbon monoxide poisoning | ||
| 26 Nov 2015 | Alexander Cusworth | HMP Dartmoor | Mentally disordered prisoner with history of violence fatally stabs fellow prisoner | PPO Investigation | |
| 4 Jul 2015 | Tracey Baker | Chard | Mentally ill man bludgeons ex-wife to death with a hammer | Took his own life afterwards | Inquiry |
| 9 Jun 2015 | Kenneth Tyrer (90) | Yeovil hospital | Demented man batters elderly fellow patient who subsequently dies | ||
| 2 Dec 2014 | Zaani Bevan (new-born) | Bristol | Psychotic woman kills herself and new born baby after failing to take meds | Coroner found ‘chain of failures’ in care | SCR |
| 3 Nov 2014 | Valerie Davison | Barnstaple | Schizophrenic man fatally punches and stabs his mother | Previous history of serious violence | |
| 13/16 Oct 2014 | Melissa Mathieson | Bristol | Mentally disordered teenager strangles vulnerable fellow care home resident | History of MH problems and serious violence | SCR
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| 19 Sep 2014 | Newborn Baby | Bristol | Mentally ill mother kills new born baby | SCR | |
| 10 Sep 2014 | Michael Redpath | Swindon | Mentally disordered woman sets house on fire and locks it killing friend | Inquiry | |
| 9 Jul-2014 | Sharon Wall | Gloucester | Psychiatric patient fatally stabbed care assistant in hospital | Had previously killed twice before – wanted to avoid move to MH unit which was non-smoking with no wi-fi. | Inquiry |
| 26 Jun 2014 | Aulton Tom Rogers | Swindon | Schizophrenic man fatally & repeatedly stabs a stranger | Previously seriously assaulted a woman | |
| 18 Jun-2014 | Una Dorney (87) | Yate | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered grandmother | Later battered fellow prisoner – left in vegetative state | DHR (poor) |
| 18 Apr-2014 | Doreen Webb | Durrington | Mentally ill man fatally stabs wife | DHR Full
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| Mar-2014 | Mashael Albasman | Bournemouth | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabs daughter | ||
| Nov-2013 | Geraint (Gary) Hughes | Feock | Psychotic woman fatally stabs husband | History of deteriorating mental illness | Chronology
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| Oct-2013 | Derisa Trenchard | Carbis Bay | Mentally ill man bludgeons his wife to death with hammer and kills himself | Paranoid depressive illness | |
| Sep-2013 | Brian Kemp | Sidmouth | Psychotic man fatally stabs stranger | Deteriorating for months before | |
| Aug-2013 | Robert Cox | Bristol | Deluded and psychotic man fatallly stabbed fellow resident of hostel | Sec 45a case – Serious case & IPCC review due | SCR Summary |
| 6 Aug 2013 | Mayurathy Perinpamoorthy | Yeovil | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs female acquaintance | Depression, PTSD & alcohol abuse | Inquiry |
| 12 Jul 2013 | Joshua Patterson (5) | Haytor | Depressed mother jumped from high rocks with her young son killing them both | Other son found dead at home | SCR |
| Mar-13 | Victoria Rose | Devizes | Depressed mentally ill man shoots ex partner and then himself | Had seen Drs & MH professionals days before | Domestic Homicide Review |
| Jan-13 | Shaun O’Neill (2) | Modbury | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangles then stabs young son | Long MH history, prev. inpatient | Inquiry |
| Jan-13 | Suzanne Newton | Melksham | Psychotic man fatally stabs wife after medication stopped | History of mental illness | Domestic Homicide review |
| Jun-12 | Mike Bithrey | Bridgwater | Mentally ill & deluded man fatally stabs man | Had previously attempted to kill wife | Inquiry |
| 13 May 2012 | Alan Clinch | Liskeard | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabs partner | Long history of violence – diminished reponsibility | |
| Mar-12 | Gino Nelmes | Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs friend 18 times with samurai sword | Prev. history of violence; released from secure unit days before assault | Inquiry |
| Apr-11 | Winston Cooper | Marnhull | Mentally ill man fatally attacks father with hammer, knives and secateurs | Previously convicted for assaulting father in 2009 | Domestic Homicide Review |
| Oct-10 | Earl Swaby | Bristol | Mental Health Patient convicted of manslaughter after fatal stabbing | MH history | Summary
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| Aug-10 | Rosemary Armstrong | Bournemouth | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs mother. | Later tried to sue MH trust for poor care | SummarySupreme Court judgment Supreme Court Summary Court of Appeal |
| Jul-10 | Dorothy Shepherd | Winchcombe | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs grandmother | History of prev. violence. V many failings in care | Inquiry |
| Apr-10 | Leo Norris (10 days old) | Brixham | Mentally ill mother fatally smothers 10 day old baby | MH historyPreventable. V many failings in care | Serious Case Review Executive SummaryInquiry |
| Jan-10 | Patricia Philpotts Ben Philpotts (10) | Trevarrian | Mentally ill man starts fatal house fire after bludgeoning son and battering wife | Long MH history – previous violence, family concerns. 2012, SCR | Serious Case Review Inquiry |
| Dec-09 | Ivy Hawken | Strete, Devon | Mentally ill man murders fellow care home resident | ||
| Sep-09 | Mark Pinnell | Clevedon | MH patient fatally stabs aquaintance | MH history | Inquiry Exec Summ
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| Sep-09 | Vincent Francis | Wells | MH patient fatally stabs friend’s boyfriend 17 times | MH historyInd. Inq. Dale | Inquiry |
| Sep- 09 | Gordon Ackrell | Plymouth | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered neighbour after earlier warning he would kill | Long MH history – warned authorities he would kill | |
| Jul-09 | Sheila Iles | Bristol | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother | Heavy drug user | |
| May-09 | Sam Riddall (11) | Bristol | Mentally ill woman kills schoolboy whilst driving dangerously | MH history – had been sectioned 4 times in previous year | |
| Nov-08 | Joan Toop Arthur (Bob) Toop | Bournemouth | Mentally ill woman fatally batters parents | ||
| Sep-08 | Debra Ford | Bristol | Psychotic man fatally batters partner ‘hundred of times’ with lump hammer | Eligible for parole after three years | |
| 23 Jun-2008 | Joyce Lovell | Donhead St Mary, Wilts | Mentally ill man fatally batters mother | Poor practice found | Inquiry |
| 08 Jun-2008 | Ms B | Cheltenham | Man with history of MH & substance abuse problems kills partner | Convicted of murder | Inquiry |
| May-08 | Alan Riddock | Bristol | Mental health patient beats man to death | MH history.Ind inq 2013 HASCAS | Executive Summary Inquiry |
| May-08 | Terrance Hall | Weston Super Mare | Mental health patient beats neighbour to death in row over washing machine | MH history.Ind inq. 2013 HASCAS | Executive Summary Inquiry |
| Apr-08 | Alan Clarke | Salisbury | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend | Dem Resp – hospital order MSU | Executive Summary Inquiry |
| Feb-08 | Christian Puttock | Clevedon, Avon | Mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger | Long MH hstory | |
| Jul-07 | Robert Crook Elsie Crook | Swindon | Mentally ill man fatally batters parents with hammer then drives them to Lincoln | Many service failings | Inquiry |
| Jun-07 | Phyllis Deane (70) | Shaldon/Torquay Devon | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly bludgeons grandmother with hammer | Indefinite detention under MHA. Had been discharged – not on meds. Inquiry found killing was preventable | Inquiry |
| May-07 | Brian Marsh | Swindon | Mentally ill man in frenzied fatal attack on stepfather, and attacks mother | Many failings – Preventable homicide | Inquiry |
| May-07 | William Moss | Newquay | Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Many failings – serious incident was ‘foreseeable’ | Inquiry |
| Apr-07 | Ryan Manser (4) | Exeter | MH patient fatally smothers son | SCR 2008.Later suicide in MH unit | Serious Case Review |
| Apr-07 | Philip Hendy | Bristol | Psychotic MH patient fatally stabbed stranger | Repeated failings | Inquiry |
| Mar-07 | Carl James | Swindon | Schizophrenic fatally stabbed friend 6 times | Prev. threatened violence. Mother warned MH services | Inquiry |
| Feb-07 | Sharon Stokes | Exmouth | MH patient kills woman with brick | Family had tried to get him sectioned beforehand | Inquiry |
| Feb-07 | Robert Newby | Sticklepath | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend | Depressive illness, new medication. Victim was also mentally ill | Inquiry |
| Aug-06 | three year old girl | Ilfracombe, Devon | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed child 30 times | sought help before incident | |
| Jul-06 | Steven Hoskin | St. Austell | MH patient tortures and murders learning disabled man | Drug history – known MH patient | Serious Case Review Inquiry |
| 03 Nov 2005 | Irene Powell (86) | Strete | Depressed man fatally batters and stabs his wife | Claimed it was a ‘mercy killing’ – but disputed by family. Diminished responsibility. | |
| Oct-05 | Jeremy Drake | Exeter | Paranoid Scizophrenic beats stranger to death in launderette | Off medication | |
| Jul-05 | Iris Middleton | Wootten Basset, Wiltshire | Psychotic batters parents to death with brick (Alcohol) | ||
| Jul-05 | Theo Middleton | Wootten Basset, Wilts | Psychotic batters parents to death with brick (Alcohol) | ||
| Nov-04 | Maxine Penfold | Cullompton, Devon | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabbed mother | Ind Inq 2006. Found poor records and teamwork. Mother sought help two weeks before incident | Inquiry |
| Nov-04 | Bernard James | Bristol | Mentally ill man starts fire that kills disabled landlord | Long MH history with LD | |
| Nov-04 | Lily Burrow (7) | Tipton St John, Devon | Delusional paranoid schizophrenic drowns 7 year old daughter | ||
| Oct-03 | Flo Seccombe | Plymouth | Psychotic killed sleeping pensioner (stranger) by single stab to neck | Previous history of MH problems, Paranoid, previously violent but month before MH concluded not in need of psych care. | |
| Sep-03 | Marjorie Davies (92) | Upleadon, Glos | Mentally disordered man rapes and strangles his great grandmother | MH history | |
| 29 Aug 2003 | Eric Hingston (83) | Plymouth | Mentally disordered and depressed woman fatally stabbed elderly husband | Diminished responsibility – oldest woman convicted in GB | |
| Jun-03 | Jennifer Sheppard | Bristol | Mentally disordered man fatally batters his mother leaving her unrecognisable | Ind Inq commissioned but never published | |
| May-03 | Lyn Grant | London | Mentally ill man strangles wife in London then returns to Cornwall to kill himself | Ind Inq, 2005 | Internal Report Inquiry |
| Feb-03 | Joyce Holden (78) | Bristol | Man with dementia fatally batters fellow care home resident | ||
| Jan-03 | Rui Garrido | Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabs housemates | ||
| Jan-03 | Mario Pedro | Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabs housemates | ||
| May-02 | Roy Warnes | Plymouth | Psychiatric patient kills neighbour | Ind Inq 2004 found failings. Previous Inpatient | Inquiry |
| Mar-02 | Adelaide Howard | Winterbourne, Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed elderly neighbour 42 times | Ind Inq 2006 found many failings | Inuqiry |
| Feb-02 | Ann Obray | The Lizard, Cornwall | Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabbed wife | Ind Inq 2004 found catalogue of errors. Previous attempts to harm wife. Stopped meds 2 days before. | Inquiry |
| 21 Nov 2001 | Laura Tait (3 mths) | Mere, Wilts | Post-natally depressed woman fatally smothers baby daughter | Infanticide – 3 year community rehabilitation order | |
| Aug-01 | Shirley Cotton-Betteridge | Bristol | Psychopath fatally stabbed barmaid 40 times | Previous violence. Broadmoor | |
| 09 Dec 2000 | James Gavaghan | Woodleigh, Kingsbridge | Mentally ill man fatally shot neighbour twice | Diminished responsibility | |
| Nov-00 | Tammy Little | Hayle Toans, Cornwall | Paranoid schizophrenic strangles partner | Ind Inq 2003 found serious failings | Inquiry |
| 29 Sept 2000 | Adelaide Fairey (86) | Cheltenham | Depressed man battered wife to death with a hammer | ||
| Apr-00 | Carol Trethewey (Mrs S) | St Austell, Cornwall | Depressive repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife | Ind Inq 2003, failings in care,got 3 yrs probation | Inquiry |
| Apr-00 | Donna Smart | Shepton Mallet | MH homicide of wife (alc) | Ind Inq 2001 | Inquiry |
| Jan-00 | Andrew Pennington | Cheltenham | Psychotic fatally and repeatedly stabbed councillor with samurai sword | ||
| Jan-00 | David Harkin (6 mnths) | Bristol | Schizophrenic with autism fatally and repeatedly stabs baby brother (severing one hand) | Previous history (later escape & Chepstow rape) | |
| May-99 | Michael Martin | Almondsbury, S Glos | Paranoid schizophrenic kills father with pickaxe | Ind Inq 2003. Father had repeatedly appealed to MH services for help | Inquiry |
| Oct-98 | Gillian Sexton | Ilton, Somerset | Depressed man fatally batters wife with spade & throttles her | ||
| Jun-98 | William Bodle | Bournemouth | MH homicide | Ind Inq 2002 | Inquiry |
| Apr-98 | Michelle Lock | Bournemouth | Mentally disordered man rapes and kills woman | Ind Inq 2002 | Inquiry |
| 24 Mar 1998 | Olivia Perkins (2) | Minchinhampton, Glos | Depressed woman hangs her daughter | Diminished responsibility – sentenced to probation for 3 years | |
| Mar-98 | Lynda Young | Dartmoor | Psychotic man fatally strangles, stabs and batters wife | Not guilty by reason of insanity | |
| Feb-98 | Virginia (Ginny) Sivil and unborn baby | Bath | Schizophrenic fatally strangled partner whilst she was in labour with his child | Ind Inq 2001 13 prev admissions. Prev. violence. Records a mess, No Insight | Inquiry |
| Nov-97 | Aiyse Sullivan | Dorset | Mentally ill man killed girlfriend (PD) | Ind Inq 2000 | Inquiry |
| Oct-97 | Peter Lewis | Somerset | MH homicide of partner after rape and abuse by carers | Ind Inq 2000 | Inquiry |
| Aug-97 | Joseph Osmond | Salisbury, Wiltshire | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabbed landlord | Ind Inq 1999. previously sectioned, then released before killing | Inquiry |
| 05 Apr 1997 | Katie Cave (6 mnths) | Taunton | Mentally disordered man fatally throttles baby daughter | Alleged Munchausen’s case | |
| 26 Nov 1996 | Margaret Edgley (73) | Ferndown | Mentally ill man fatally smothers his mother | Internal Investigation only | |
| May-96 | Walter Creece | Gloucester | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally batters elderly neighbour with a hammer (frenzied attack) | Later escaped from Fromeside. Later still suicide there | |
| 27 Jan 1996 | Douglas Holman | Cambourne | Mentally disordered man fatally batters pensioner | Long history of violence | |
| 25 Sep-95 | John Witts | Cinderford | Mentally ill man fatally stabs brother | Ind Inq 1997 | Inquiry |
| 13 Sept 1995 | Nathan Beale (20) | Wareham | Mentally ill woman strangled young son believing he was ‘poisoning’ her | Long history of MH problems – Inq not published? | |
| Jul-95 | Colin Beynon | Bristol | Schizophrenic batters father to death with hammer on home visit | Ind Inq 1997 found “string of errors” | Inquiry |
| Apr-95 | Muriel Viner | Ferndown, Dorset | MH patient kills mother with repeated blows from heavy metal disc and commits suicide | MH patient repeatedly bludgeons mother then commits suicide | Inquiry |
| Mar-95 | Joshua Skerton (2) | Dartmoor | Depressed man killed son in exhaust filled car and attempted suicide | ||
| 14 Jul 1994 | Annette Renouf | Salisbury | Mentally ill man sets fire to house killing his mother | Convicted manslaughter / diminished responsibility – Inquiry report | |
| 29 Apr – 2 May 1994 | Fiona Pope (9) | Roundswell | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed daughter | ||
| Sep-93 | Georgina Robinson | Torbay | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed occ. therapist in acute psych ward | Ind Inq 1995 MH failures, ‘entirely predictable’ previous assaults | Inquiry |
| 9 Aug 1993 | Rory England (15 mths) | Taunton | Mentally ill young mother fatally battered toddler | ||
| Jul-93 | Margaret Archer | Trowbridge, Wilts | MH homicide – killed wife with axe, then committed suicide | ||
| 13-16 Jun 1993 | Yvonne Raglan | Plymouth | Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife | Diminished responsibility |
I’m trying to get info on the case of a woman who murdered her 4/5 yrs old daughter Jojo later part of 1980’s into 1990’s. She was originaly from Bedford but lived in Norfolk and imprissoned there. Both she and doting father(he from Nigeria) are Jehovah’s witnesses. Her previous name was Marie Stone before her marriage. She had mental health issues due to being ill and abnormaly large doses of steroid being miscalculated. I would greatly appreciate any info please.