130 known cases 1993 – 2020
31 inquiry reports
| Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
| 06 Sept 2020 | Jacob Billington | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs student and seriously injures and stabs seven others | Diminished responsibility – lengthy MH history | |
| 19 Mar 2020 | Wendy Morse (71) | Knypersley | Psychotic and deluded man repeatedly and fatally batters pensioner | Long MH history -diminished responsibility | |
| 25 Feb 2020 | Jasbir Kaur Rupinder Bassan | Oldbury | Mentally disordered man fatally and repeatedly stabbed Mum and stepdad | Had previously tried to get MH help without success | |
| 04 Sep 2019 | Lana Nemceva | Burton on Trent | Mentally ill man fatally strangled his wife and then took his own life | ||
| 17 Aug 2019 | Belinda Rose | Perry Barr, Birmingham | Depressed businessman fatally stabs support-worker employee | Diminished responsibility | |
| 23 Feb 2019 | Gary Cunningham | Harborne, Birmingham | Mentally disordered and depressed woman repeatedly and fatally stabbed partner | Diminished responsibility | |
| 31 Jan 2019 | Mary Page | Bilston | Man with Aspergers fatally batters mentally ill mother | Diminished responsibility case | |
| 14 Jan 2019 | Amy Griffiths | Droitwich Spa | Mentally disordered man fatally strangled, battered and stabbed woman | Pleadedguilty to murder – detained in Broadmoor | |
| 14 Sep 2018 | Blaine Rock | Nuneaton | Paranoid schizophrenic drives at speed at road workers, causing multiple injuries & killing one of them | Not guilty by reason of insanity | |
| 27 Jul 2018 | Nigel Abbott | Sutton Coldfield | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters stranger with metal pole | Family tried to call MH team 34 times without result | Inquest PFD |
| 11 Apr 2018 | Viktorija Sokolova (14) | Wolverhampton | Schizophrenic teenager rapes and repeatedly and fatally batters teenager | Ex CAMHS patient | |
| 20 Feb 2018 | Bradd Darby | Nuneaton | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed man | Diminished responsibility | |
| 09 Feb 2018 | Jasmine Forrester (11) | Wolverhampton | Mentally ill man carried out ‘frenzied and sustained’ fatal attack on great niece | Family tried to get help from MH services without success | Serious Case Review |
| 09 Jan 2018 | Julie Clark | Hereford | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabs his mother | Trial of facts as Unfit to plead | |
| 04 Jan 2018 | Khalid Yousef | Handsworth | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabs friend and decapitates him in shop | Found not guily by reason of insanity | |
| 01 Dec 2017 | Susan Westwood | Coventry | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed mother | Long MH History – upset about ‘milky tea’ | |
| 12 Nov 2017 | Martin Briggs | Cradley Heath | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man after previously assaulting relatives | Long MH history but off meds | |
| 10 Aug 2017 | Harish Kumar | West Bromwich | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed man and drove body to Police station | ||
| 31 Mar 2017 | Anthony Banting | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed stranger | Previously inpatient in secure unit | |
| 28 Mar 2017 | Sebert Mitchell (87) | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabbed and beat elderly father | ||
| 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 | |
| 06 Oct 2015 | Malgorzata Marczak | Worcester | Depressed man fatally batters and strangles wife | ||
| 05 June 2015 | Anne Dunkley | Marston Green | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters aunt | History of mental illness | |
| 30 May 2015 | Norasab Hussein | Hanley, Staffs | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed partner | Diminished responsibility case | |
| 06 Apr 2015 | Celia Powell (95) | Stoke on Trent | Mentally ill man fatally bludgeons elderly mother | ||
| 04 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) Olga Galikowska (1) | Stoke on Trent | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabs her young children | MH services closed case 2 days before incident | Serious Case Review |
| 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 Pin Cheng Chang | Solihull | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs parents | Police called due to deteriorating MH | |
| 28 Jun 2014 | Philip Silverstone | Belsize Park | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters pensioners & later kills himself in prison | Prison investigation | |
| 27 Jun 2014 | Cynthia Beamond (80) | Halesowen | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters pensioners & later kills himself in prison | See above | |
| 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 |
| 02 Jan 2014 | Jean Gazeley | Nuneaton | Mentally disordered man administered morphine & fatally smothered his wife who had multiple sclerosis | Diminished responsibility – alleged ‘mercy killing’ case | |
| 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 |
| Jan-13 | Wayne Busst Ian Watson-Gladwish | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs Big Issue sellers | Seriously psychotic at time | |
| 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 | |
| Oct-12 | Jason Duffield | Walsall | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 29 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 Sep-11 | Ahmed Mohammed | Birmingham | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs father | Long term deterioration of MH | |
| 31 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 | |
| 9/11 Jan-11 | Carol Brown | Birmingham | Mentally ill woman fatally strangled mother | ||
| 14 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 |
| 14 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 17 May 2008 | Khyra Ishraq (7) | Handsworth | Mentally ill parents fatally starve young daughter | Judge said they displayed ‘horrific cruelty’ – Diminished responisbility | |
| 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 |
| Jul-06 | Irene Watling (83) | Coventry | Mentally disordered woman kills elderly woman by setting fire to her bed | ||
| 28 Jun 2006 | Geoffrey Watkins | Stafford | Mentally disordered man fatally stabs acquaintance in ‘frenzied attack’ | Previously tried to kill his mother – Diminished responsibility | |
| 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 |
| 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 Inquest Report |
| Jan-05 | Fiona Stephenson | Rugby | Stabbed his wife thinking she was having an affair | Ind Inq 2006. Previous violence | Full Report |
| 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 |
| 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 | Wolverhampton | MH patient drowned neighbour | Ind Inq 2006 | Full Report |
| Sep-02 | Balbir Kaur | Birmingham | Paranoid Schizophrenic kills shopkeeper with machete and attacks another | Ind Inq 2005 | Full Report |
| 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 | |
| 12 July 2001 | Nazia Begum | Foleshill, Coventry | Mentally ill and depressed man fatally stabs sister | Diminished responsibility | |
| 09 June 2001 | Raymond Smith | Leamington | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabs partner | Diminished responsibility – jailed for 3 years | |
| 12 May 2001 | Rosie Ross (16) | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs sunbathing schoolgirl | Indefinite detention | |
| 10-13 May 2001 | Colin Foulkes | Shrewsbury | Schizophrenic man fatally batters housemate with an axe | Had previously killed Julian Sanders in Birmingham | |
| Oct-00 | Susan Hall (Mother) Clifford (grandfather) Lynda (aunt) | Coventry | Paranoid Schizophenic kills family with hammer | ||
| 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 | Inquiry |
| 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 | Inquiry |
| May 99 | Lorraine Howell | Wolverhampton | Depressed man throttled and decapitated next door neighbour | ||
| 7-12 Apr 1999 | Ann-Marie Hanley | Coventry | Mentally ill woman fatally battered and stabbed a friend | Diminished responsibility | |
| 23 Dec 1998 | Melanie Gwilt | Stoke on Trent | Mentally disordered man kicked young mother to death | On probation for wounding at time – diminished responsibility | |
| 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) | Inquiry |
| May-98 | Richard Aston | Leamington, Warwicks | MH double homicide (drove into them) | Ind Inq 2000 (released 2002 after 3 yrs) | Inquiry |
| 21 Sept 1997 | Angela Steemson | Walsall | Mentally disordered man fatally strangled his wife | Diminished responsibility | |
| Sep-97 | Mohammed Atlas | Birmingham | MH homicide | Ind Inq 2000 | Inquiry |
| Aug-97 | Geraldine Simpson | Birmingham | MH homicide of woman by throwing her from 12th floor flat | Ind Inq 2001 | Inquiry |
| 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 | |
| 29 Dec 1995 | Thomas MacGregor | Bordesley Green | Mentally ill man fatally attacks stranger after stabbing supermarket shoppers | ||
| Pre Oct 1995 | Heddwyn Fox (baby) | Telford | Mentally ill mother deprived baby of food and fatally poisoned her with salt | possible Munchausens case | |
| Sep 1995 | Sam Viggars | Stoke | Mentally ill woman fatally punched and kicked disabled father | Diminished Responsibility – Inquiry held | |
| Jul-95 | Richard Eadshaw (12) | Coventry | MH patient sets fire to flat killing neighbour and his son. | Ind Inq 1997 | Inquiry |
| Jul-95 | Tom Radshaw (Redishaw?) | Coventry | MH patient sets fire to flat killing neighbour and his son. | Ind Inq 1997 | Inquiry |
| 31 May 1995 | Barbara Mary Wheaver | Grindon, nr Leek | Mentally ill man kills wife | Inq report 1996 | |
| 04 July 1994 | Kulvinder Kaur Samra | Smethwick, Birmingham | Mentally disordered man fatally stabs wife with sword | Diminished responsibility – Sent to Rampton | |
| 10 Sep- 93 | DC James Bourke | Birmingham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered neighbour |