96 known cases 1993 – 2014
41 inquiry reports
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 17 Dec 2016 | Gary Miller | Plymouth | Mentally ill man fatally batters friend around the head | ||
| 4 Jul 2015 | Tracey Baker | Chard | Mentally ill man bludgeons ex-wife to death with a hammer | Took his own life afterwards | |
| 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 | |
| 3 Nov 2014 | Valerie Davison | Barnstaple | 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 | |
| 19 Sep 2014 | Newborn Baby | Bristol | Mentally ill mother kills new born baby | ||
| 10 Sep 2014 | Michael Redpath | Swindon | Mentally disordered woman sets house on fire and locks it killing friend | Inquiry | |
| 2 Aug 2014 | Linda Goswell | Bradford | Mentally ill patient fatally strangles another | Previous violence – no beds in Bath so transferred to Bradford | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Mar-13 | Victoria Rose | Devizes | Depressed mentally ill man shoots ex partner and then himself | Had seen Drs & MH professionals days before | |
| Jan-13 | Shaun O’Neill (2) | Modbury | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangles then stabs young son | Long MH history, prev. inpatient | Inquiry 755kb |
| Jan-13 | Suzanne Newton | Melksham | Psychotic man fatally stabs wife after medication stopped | History of mental illness | |
| Jun-12 | Mike Bithrey | Bridgwater | Mentally ill & deluded man fatally stabs man | Had previously attempted to kill wife | Inquiry494Kb |
| 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 963kb |
| 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 468kb Inquiry 1.5Mb |
| Aug-10 | Rosemary Armstrong | Bournemouth | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs mother. | Summary | |
| Jul-10 | Dorothy Shepherd | Winchcombe | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs grandmother | Cannabis userHistory of prev. violence. V many failings in care | Inquiry 1.2Mb |
| 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 335kb Executive Summary 540kb Inquiry 1.5Mb |
| Jan-10 | 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 144kb Inquiry 1.2Mb |
| Patricia Philpotts | |||||
| 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 | |
| Sep-09 | Vincent Francis | Wells | MH patient fatally stabs friend’s boyfriend 17 times | MH historyInd. Inq. Dale | Inquiry 508kb |
| 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 | Bournemouth | Mentally ill woman fatally batters parents | ||
| Arthur (Bob) Toop | |||||
| Sep-08 | Debra Ford | Bristol | Psychotic man fatally batters partner ‘hundred of times’ with lump hammer | Eligible for parole after three years | |
| Jun-08 | Joyce Lovell | Donhead St Mary, Wilts | Mentally ill man fatally batters mother | Poor practice found | Inquiry 896Kb |
| Jun-08 | Jenny Young | Cheltenham | Schizophrenic alcoholic, beat, strangled and stabbed girlfriend | MH history.Ind. Inq 2012, Niche | Inquiry 674Kb |
| May-08 | Alan Riddock | Bristol | Mental health patient beats man to death | MH history.Ind inq 2013 HASCAS | Executive Summary 113Kb Inquiry 950Kb |
| 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 106Kb Inquiry 911Kb |
| Apr-08 | Alan Clarke | Salisbury | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend | Dem Resp – hospital order MSU | Executive Summary 122Kb Inquiry 727Kb |
| Feb-08 | Christian Puttock | Clevedon, Avon | Mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger | Long MH hstory | |
| Jul-07 | Robert Crook | Swindon | Mentally ill man fatally batters parents with hammer then drives them to Lincoln | Many service failings | Inquiry 2Mb |
| Elsie Crook | |||||
| 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 1.46Mb |
| May-07 | Brian Marsh | Swindon | Mentally ill man in frenzied fatal attack on stepfather, and attacks mother | Many failings – Preventable homicide | Inquiry 1Mb |
| May-07 | William Moss | Newquay | Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Many failings – serious incident was ‘foreseeable’ | Inquiry 280Kb |
| Apr-07 | Ryan Manser (4) | Exeter | MH patient fatally smothers son | SCR 2008.Later suicide in MH unit | Serious Case Review 31kb |
| Apr-07 | Philip Hendy | Bristol | Psychotic MH patient fatally stabbed stranger | Repeated failings | Inquiry 433kb |
| Mar-07 | Carl James | Swindon | Schizophrenic fatally stabbed friend 6 times | Prev. threatened violence. Mother warned MH services | Inquiry 2Mb |
| Feb-07 | Sharon Stokes | Exmouth | MH patient kills woman with brick | Family had tried to get him sectioned beforehand | Inquiry 1.15Mb |
| Feb-07 | Robert Newby | Sticklepath | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend | Depressive illness, new medication. Victim was also mentally ill | Inquiry 1.5Mb |
| 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 131Kb Inquiry 1.1Mb |
| 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 118kb |
| 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 | |
| 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 4.2Mb Inquiry 4.4Mb |
| 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 267kb |
| Mar-02 | Adelaide Howard | Winterbourne, Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed elderly neighbour 42 times | Ind Inq 2006 found many failings | Inuqiry 1.3Mb |
| 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 489kb |
| Aug-01 | Shirley Cotton-Betteridge | Bristol | Psychopath fatally stabbed barmaid 40 times | Previous violence. Broadmoor | |
| Nov-00 | Tammy Little | Hayle Toans, Cornwall | Paranoid schizophrenic strangles partner | Ind Inq 2003 found serious failings | Inquiry 743kb |
| 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 204kb |
| Apr-00 | Donna Smart | Shepton Mallet | MH homicide of wife (alc) | Ind Inq 2001 | |
| 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 436kb |
| 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 | |
| Apr-98 | Michelle Lock | Bournemouth | Mentally ill man rapes and kills woman | Ind Inq 2002 | |
| 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 808kb |
| Nov-97 | Aiyse Sullivan | Dorset | Mentally ill man killed girlfriend (PD) | Ind Inq 2000 | |
| Oct-97 | Peter Lewis | Somerset | MH homicide of partner after rape and abuse by carers | Ind Inq 2000 | |
| Aug-97 | Joseph Osmond | Salisbury, Wiltshire | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabbed landlord | Ind Inq 1999. previously sectioned, then released before killing | |
| 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 | |
| 25 Sep-95 | John Witts | Cinderford | Mentally ill man fatally stabs brother | Ind Inq 1997 | |
| Jul-95 | Colin Beynon | Bristol | Schizophrenic batters father to death with hammer on home visit | Ind Inq 1997 found “string of errors” | |
| 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 | Ind Inq 1996 |
| Mar-95 | Joshua Skerton (2) | Dartmoor | Depressed man killed son in exhaust filled car and attempted suicide | ||
| Sep-93 | Georgina Robinson | Torbay | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed occ. therapist in acute psych ward | Ind Inq 1995 MH failures, ‘entirely predictable’ previous assaults | |
| Jul-93 | Margaret Archer | Trowbridge, Wilts | MH homicide – killed wife with axe, then committed suicide |
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.