95 known cases 1993 – 2014
20 inquiry reports
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 31 Mar 2017 | Anthony Banting | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed stranger | Previously inpatient in secure unit | |
| 19 June 2016 | Umesh Parekh | Handsworth | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger | ||
| 21 Feb 2016 | Lisa Reynolds | Abbey Hulton | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs partner | Wasn’t taking medication | |
| 6 Oct 2015 | Malgorzata Marczak | Worcester | Depressed man fatally batters and strangles wife | ||
| 5 June 2015 | Anne Dunkley | Marston Green | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters aunt | History of mental illness | |
| 6 Apr 2015 | Celia Powell (95) | Stoke on Trent | Mentally ill man fatally bludgeons elderly mother | ||
| 4 Dec 2014 | Andrea Carr | Birmingham | Mentally ill man strangles partner | Hospital order | |
| 18 Nov 2014 | Francesco Leccese | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs flatmate | Sec 45a | |
| 12 Oct 2014 | Maja Galikowska (5) | Stoke on Trent | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabs her young children | MH services closed case 2 days before incident | Serious Case Review |
| Olga Galikowska (1) | |||||
| 11 Oct 2014 | David Ainscow | Kidsgrove | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs father | Was unfit to plead | |
| 22 Jul 2014 | Tia Kounota | Halesowen | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangled girlfriend and set her alight | Had stopped taking his medication | |
| 7 Jul-2014 | Quoi Chang | Solihull | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs parents | Police called due to deteriorating MH | |
| Pin Cheng Chang | |||||
| 28 Jun 2014 | Philip Silverstone | Belsize Park | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters pensioners & later kills himself | ||
| 27 Jun 2014 | Cynthia Beamond (80) | Halesowen | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters pensioners & later kills himself | ||
| 20 Jun 2014 | Janet Mann | Nuneaton | Mentally disordered man fatally stabs disabled wife | Sentencing Remarks | |
| 20 May 2014 | Beatrice Bennett (75) | Market Drayton | Depressed man fatally batters wife with dumbbell | ||
| 31 Jan-2014 | Leon Davis | Handsworth | Deluded paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour | Had contact with agencies | |
| 30 Jan 2014 | Karen Wild | Hanbury, Worcs | Mentally ill man fatally stabs his mother | ||
| 20 Jan-2014 | 73 year-old woman | Malvern | Man with Dementia fatally batters wife | No recollection – unfit to plead | DHR Full |
| Jul- 2013 | Jane McRae | Rowley Regis | Mentally ill man fatally batters wife then kills himself | Upset about knotweed in garden | |
| May 13 | Amarjit Singh Rai | Birmingham | Mentally ill man cuts man’s throat and fatally batters him | ||
| Mar-13 | Lillian Henderson (86) | Walsall | Mentally ill man fatally punches elderly mother | Previous inpatient | |
| Mar-13 | Christina Edkins (16) | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs schoolgirl | Many apparent failings in care | Executive Summary 788kb Full Report 1.2Mb |
| Jan-13 | Wayne Busst | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs Big Issue sellers | Seriously psychotic at time | |
| Ian Watson-Gladwish | |||||
| Dec-12 | Anthony Brown | Erdington | Mentally ill man convicted of man-slaughter of flatmate in MH hostel | Brutal assault. Dim. responsibility & Sec 45a MHA | |
| Oct-12 | Christine Williamson | Telford | Man with Alzheimers fatally batters wife about the head | Prev. warnings. Coroner said killing was preventable | |
| Oct-12 | Maureen Stone | Trentham, Staffs | Man with dementia fatally batters care home resident with curtain pole | ||
| Oct-12 | Pauline Gillen | Walsall | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs mother with screwdriver | Mentally Ill for 10 years – substance abuse problems | |
| Jason Duffield | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour & throws him off high rise | ||||
| 5 Sep 2012 | David Powell | Tipton | Depressed man fatally drives car at wife’s friend | ||
| Jul-12 | Janice Smithen | Birmingham | Mentally ill man fatally batters mother with metal weights bar | MH history | Domestic Homicide Review 474kb |
| 5 May 12 | Nathan Edwards | Birmingham | Mentally ill man starts fire in hostel killing fellow resident | MH history | |
| Apr-12 | Marcus Wye | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs girlfriend’s stepfather in front of son | ||
| Mar-12 | Jonas Daraska | Wolverhampton | Paranoid schizophrenic batters friend with an axe | MH problems ‘known to authorities’ but failed to treat | |
| Feb-12 | Oliver Smith | Birmingham | Schizophrenic fatally stabs acquaintance | MH history | |
| Dec-11 | Shadi Afrouzi | Wolver-hampton | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs wiife in front of 12 year old son | Risk of harm was predictable (Ind Inq 2013, DHR) | Exec. Summary 674Kb Full Report 1.28Mb |
| 26/7 Oct 11 | Susan Gray | Stafford | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally shoots mother in the face | Had been behaving erratically for a year before killing | DHR – Full |
| Sep-11 | Ahmed Mohammed | Birmingham | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs father | Long term deterioration of MH | |
| Jul-11 | Kerry Smith | Rowley Regis | Mental health patient fatally stabs ex-partner | Long history of previous violence | |
| Jul-11 | Anita Young | Birmingham | Unmedicated psychotic man fatally batters his mother to death | Long MH history – saw psychiatrist on day of attack | Domestic Homicide Review |
| Jun-11 | Ayesha White-Mukumbira | Stratford upon Avon | Depressed woman kills daughter | Drug history – Previous warning unheeded | |
| May-11 | Anna Cuporiova | Stoke on Trent | Paranoid schizophrenic slits mother’s throat and dumps her in wheelie bin | Undiagnosed at time of incident | |
| Jan-11 | Carol Brown | Birmingham | Mentally ill woman fatally strangled mother | ||
| Dec-10 | Jane Edwards | Hanwood, Shrewsbury | Psychotic man (who killed sister in 1985) fatally and stabs friend 50 times | Stopped Meds – Long MH history – released 2002 | INQUIRY REPORT |
| Dec-10 | Jill Louis Nevitt | Oswestry | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabs wife 28 times | MH history of depression and PTSD | INQUIRY REPORT |
| Nov-10 | Shauna Lee | Coventry | Mentally ill man bludgeons pregnant woman with hammer and dismembers body | Previous MH patient | |
| Nov-10 | Mesiach Pearce | Birmingham | Demented man fatally batters care home resident | Unfit to plead but found guilty of the act | |
| Nov-10 | Audrey Meadley | Edgbaston | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs friend | MH history – recently released from hospital against her wishes | |
| Feb -10 | Alia Ahmed Jama (3yrs) | Birmingham | Paranoid Schizophrenic woman repeatedly and fatally stabs daughter then pours acid all over her body | Family concerns. Some SS and Police involvement before killing | Serious Case Review 290Kb |
| Feb-10 | Gabrielle Grady (5) | Evesham | Mentally ill man kills daughter by driving into icy river | History of previous violence – previous warnings, info not shared | Serious Case Reveiw 221Kb |
| 27 Jun 2009 | Margaret Casey (83) | Edgbaston | Mentally ill woman bludgeons elderly mother to death | Lengthy MH history – not taking meds | INQUIRY REPORT |
| Sep-08 | Mark Cannon | Lichfield | Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally stabs partner | ||
| Jul-08 | Patricia Fort | Castle Bromwich | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother 80 times | ||
| May-08 | Glenn Hollinshead | Stoke on Trent | Psychotic woman fatally stabs man, afterwards repeatedly hit her head with hammer and jumped off 50′ bridge | ||
| Aug-06 | Fatina Bassou | Coventry | Mentally ill man fatally stabs wife | ||
| Aug-06 | William Plant (76) | Walsall | Paranoid Schizophrenic kills stranger breaking every bone in his face – 130 serious injuries. Absconded from psych hospital | Psychiatric inpatient | Full Report 524kb |
| Jul-06 | Irene Watling (83) | Coventry | Mentally disordered woman kills elderly woman by setting fire to her bed | ||
| May 06 | Courtney Kennedy (6) | Kings Norton | Mentally ill woman fatally strangles daughter with skipping rope | Previous contact with MH services | |
| Oct-05 | Vera Roberts (73) | Whitchurch, Salop | Schizophrenic with history of violence fatally batters mother with hammer and poker | Ind Inq 2008. found good practice – criticised internal investigation | Full_Report 445kb |
| Oct-05 | Elaine Wain | Coventry | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour 130 times | ||
| Aug-05 | Susan Lowe | Erdington | Mentally ill man fatally batters wife with axe | Threatened suicide | |
| Feb-05 | Colette Lynch | Rugby | Psychotic schizophrenic fatally stabbed his wife (many previous warnings) | Very critical Indep Inq 2006 | Full Report 664kb Inquest Report 72kb |
| Jan-05 | Fiona Stephenson | Rugby | Stabbed his wife thinking she was having an affair | Ind Inq 2006. Previous violence | Full Report 610kb |
| Jun-04 | Hazel Dix | Redditch, Worcs | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs and dismembers wife (released after previous murder of woman) | Previous serious violence – Long MH history in care of local services | |
| May-04 | DC Michael Swindells | Birmingham M6 | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed policeman who was trying to arrest him | Ind Inq 2009. Hadn’t taken meds, previous sections | Full Report 5.2Mb |
| Apr-04 | Bharana Krishna Namooty | Coventry | Ex Mental patient strangled girlfriend | ||
| Sep-03 | Kevin Hooper | Oldbury | Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally stabs man | ||
| Jul-03 | Sheila Lochlin | Redditch, Worcs | Depressive strangles partner and attempts suicide | detained under MHA | |
| Nov-02 | Barbara Lynch | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly batters neighbour with clawhammer | History of MH problems | |
| Nov-02 | Irene Norman | Wolver-hampton | MH patient drowned neighbour | Ind Inq 2006 | Full Report 247kb |
| Sep-02 | Balbir Kaur | Birmingham | Paranoid Schizophrenic kills shopkeeper with machete and attacks another | Ind Inq 2005 | Full Report 385kb |
| Apr-02 | Robert Edwards | Rowley Regis | Schizophrenic fatally stabs flatmate more than 30 times | Previous Hospital order for affray but released after 5 weeks | |
| Apr-02 | Craig Beesley | Birmingham | Schizophrenic (undiagnosed?) drives car at crowd outside pub killing one | Schizophrenic drives car at crowd outside pub killing one | |
| May-01 | Rosie Ross (16) | Birmingham | Paranoid scizophrenic fatally stabs sunbathing schoolgirl | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs schoolgirl | |
| Oct-00 | Susan Hall (Mother) | Coventry | Paranoid Schizophenic kills family with hammer | ||
| Clifford (grandfather) | |||||
| Lynda (aunt) | |||||
| May 00 | Margaret Manning (77) | Birmingham | Mentally ill man fatally strangles partner | ||
| Feb-00 | Shamim Akhtar | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed wife in front of children whilst on unsuper-vised release from MH unit | Critical Ind Inq 2004 | |
| Dec-99 | Melanie Harris (18 months) | Solihull | Mentally ill woman fatally poisons daughter with anti-depressant drug | Got 3 years probation | |
| Jul-99 | Lewis Hodge | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic kills victim with machete | Ind Inq 2004, previous violence | |
| May 99 | Lorraine Howell | Wolverhampton | Depressed man throttled and decapitated next door neighbour | ||
| Sep-98 | Ruksana Begum | Birmingham | Deluded Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour | ||
| May-98 | Richard Chandler | Warwickshire | MH double homicide (drove into them) | Ind Inq 2000 (released 2002 after 3 yrs) | |
| May-98 | Richard Aston | Leamington, Warwicks | MH double homicide (drove into them) | Ind Inq 2000 (released 2002 after 3 yrs) | |
| Sep-97 | Mohammed Atlas | Birmingham | MH homicide | Ind Inq 2000 | |
| Aug-97 | Geraldine Simpson | Birmingham | MH homicide of woman by throwing her from 12th floor flat | Ind Inq 2001 | |
| May 97 | Glenys Adams | Stoke | Mentally ill man repeated hacked wife to death after bringing her cup of tea | Previous MH history | |
| Mar-97 | Lynn Bradbury | Ipstones | Mentally ill man fatally batters partner with hammer | 3 yr sentence | |
| Jul-95 | Richard Eadshaw (12) | Coventry | MH patient sets fire to flat killing neighbour and his son. | ||
| Jul-95 | Tom Radshaw (Redishaw?) | Coventry | MH patient sets fire to flat killing neighbour and his son. | Ind Inq 1997 | |
| Sep- 93 | James Bourke | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered neighbour |