127 known cases 1993 – 2023
61 inquiry reports, investigations and court hearings

NHS East Midlands ordered a review of all local mental health homicides between April 2002 and July 2006 and found some 20 cases. They found nine require a full independent investigation, nine did not meet the criteria and two have been subjected to other forms of investigation (Serious case reviews).

Only 14 of these cases have so far been identified.

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SOURCES
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/indinvmh/

Date	Victim	Location	Event	Comment	download
13 Jun 2023	Barnaby Webber Grace O’Malley-Kumar Ian Coates	Nottingham	Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed strangers	Diminished responsibility (Sec 37/41) – previous inpatient with police contacts	Sentencing remarks
22 Feb 2023	Gerald Wickes (79)	Leicester	Mentally ill man walks into stranger’s house and fatally stabs pensioner	Trial of the facts – found to have committed the act
28 Jul 2022	Lilia Valutyte (9)	Boston	Psychotic man with schizophrenia fatally stabs young girl – a stranger	Unfit to plead – trial of facts – Sec 37/41- in Rampton
01 Dec 2021	Ronald Dunlop	Measham	Paranoid schizophrenic with history of serious violence fatally batters his grandfather who looked after him when no one else would	Convicted of murder – Life with a minimum of 15 years
10 Nov 2021	James Britton	Skegness	Mentally ill man fatally crashed into pedestrians killing one of them	Diminished responsibility
11 Sept 2021	Ingrid Matthew	Leicester	Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his mother	Diminished responsibility
15 Apr 2021	Manisha Sloanki	Humberstone Leicester	Majorly depressed man fatally battered his wife with a hockey stick and decapitated her before attempting to take his own life	Diminished responsibility – 10 years
03 Mar 2021	Ray Dixon (77)	Stapleford	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs her father after hearing commands from the ‘Devil’	Diminished responsibility – hospital order with restrictions
12 July 2020	Connor Young (5 mths)	Royal Derby Hospital	Mentally ill woman strangles young son in mother & baby psychiatric inpatient unit	Long MH history
6 Mar 2020	Gracie Crowder (19 mnths)	Mansfield	Mentally disordered woman fatally scalded her young child	Convicted of murder – critical inquest	Safeguarding Practice Review
02 Aug 2019	Daniel Mock	Bulwell, Notts	Mentally ill and learning disabled man fatally stabs nephew	Diminished responsibility
02 July 2019	Edwin Whatsize (92)	Glen Parva	Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabs grandfather	Diminished responsibility	Inquiry
19 Apr 2019	Terry Radford (87)	Mansfield Woodhouse	Mentally ill man in stolen car fatally reverses over stranger, after assaulting a family claiming he was Jesus	Convicted Manslaughter by diminished responsibility	Court of Appeal  Inquiry
14 Feb 2019	Dorothy Bowyer (77)	Buxworth, Derbyshire	Mentally ill man fatally stabs grandmother and her dog	Diminished responsibility
20 Nov 2018	Jenson Spellman (5)	Tintwistle, Derbyshire	Depressed woman kills young son and herself by drowning	Two reviews?
28 Aug 2018	Lisa Butler	Mansfield	Man with schizophrenia and psychosis fatally stabs niece	Had stopped taking meds – not reviewed
16 Aug 2017	Karen Jacquet	Newark	Mentally ill man fatally batters partner
19 July 2017	Murrey Paulson	Derby	Mentally ill man fatally stabbed housemate	Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibility
27 May 2017	Sohbia Khan	Derby	Paranoid schizophrenic kills wife in ‘savage’ attack	Had previously served hospital order for seriously assaulting another partner	Inquiry
02 Mar 2017	Liam Pennick	Derby	Mentally ill man fatally stabs flatmate	Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished responsibility	Inquiry
23 Feb 2017	Brian Robson	Cosby	Mentally ill man fatally batters elderly neighbour	Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished responsibility	Sentencing
16 Dec 2016	Claire Nagle	Borrowash	Mentally ill man fatally strangled ex wife, seriously assaults step son and takes his own life	Inquest found MH had deteriorated significantly
10 Dec 2016	Martin Maughan	Nottingham	Mentally ill & deluded man fatally batters stranger	Sentenced to Sec 37/41
02 Nov 2016	Adam Stokes (11) Matthew Stokes (5)	Hinckley	Mentally ill man kills his two boys and then himself	Previous stand off with Police
07 Aug 2016	Gary Hastings	Nottingham	Mentally ill & deluded man fatally batters stranger	Long MH history – court found him insane
03 Aug 2016	Ernestine Tindall (88)	Nottingham	Depressed man fatally strangles wife with dementia	Sentenced to 12 months in prison suspended for two years
25 Feb 2016	Julie Hill Rose Hill (75)	Shirebrook	Mentally ill man hearing voices from Satan batters and drowns aunt and strangles grandmother	Substance abuse
08 Feb 2016	Kerry Gascoigne	Sutton in Ashfield	Mentally ill man fatally strangles vulnerable partner	Family tried to get him help but told ‘nothing wrong with him’
03 Dec 2015	John Coxall (80)	HMP Nottingham	Recent mental health patient fatally chokes vulnerable fellow prisoner	Previous inpatient at secure unit	PPO Investigation
17 Apr 2015	Aileen Bell	Hinckley	Man with dementia & depression fatally and repeatedly stabs partner
14 Apr 2015	Sandra Thomas	Northampton	Paranoid schizophrenic off meds fatally batters mother with television bracket	Recently released – history of violence
18 Feb 2015	William Tomlinson	Leicester	Mentally disordered man fatally strangles partner’s uncle and sets him on fire	History of mental disorder
23 Dec 2014	Alex Robinson	Lincoln	Mentally disordered man drowns grandson	Long MH history – Recently released from inpatient unit	Inquiry SCR Assurance report
11 Oct 2014	Maria Mayes	Shepshed, Leics	Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs mother	Not taking meds and abusing substances
11 Sept 2014	Paul Averill	Ilkeston	Psychotic man fatally stabbed lodger	Previously undiagnosed – substance abuse problems
21 Apr 2014	Leszek Dantes Malgorzata Dantes	Worksop	Psychotic man fatally stabbed parents	Long MH history with violence and drug abuse, Sec 45a	Sentencing remarks
09 Dec 2013	Sandra Bainbridge	Belper	Mentally ill woman breaks into house and kills pensioner	Long History of mental illness – recent contact	INQUIRY Inquiry Follow Up CHRONOLOGY
31 Oct 2013	Alan Goode	Lincoln	Mentally ill prisoner kills cellmate		PPO Inq
04 Sept 2013	Newborn baby – James	Bourne	Teenager fatally suffocates newborn baby boy whilst balance of mind disturbed	Infanticide case
01 Sep 2013	Zoe Black (7 mths)	Nottingham	Post-natally depressed woman drowns baby daughter
02 Apr 2013	Timothy Keam	Northampton	Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally batters landlord with hatchet	Prev concerns about deteriorating MH
28 Dec 2012	Julia Thurgarland	Maplebeck, Notts	Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife and attempts suicide	Due to have Psych. assessment on day of killing
02 Dec 2012	Charles Talbot	Elkesley, Notts	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally batters father	Long MH History had previously been sectioned for attacking his Dad
07 Nov 2012	Khloe Abrams (20mths)	Northhampton	Mentally ill man (w PTSD) battered baby	Former soldier, injured in Afghanistan, SCR due
10 Sep 2012	Giuseppe Difina	Nottingham	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs father	Had previously threatened to attack him
20 Jun 2012	Mark Blades	Nottingham	Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed stranger	Indef hospital order & 20 yrs imprisonment
25 Dec 2011	Gillian Woodward	Nottingham	Depressed man fatally stabs wife	Long history of depression not treated
30 Oct 2011	Skye Jacques (7 mths)	Leicester	Mentally ill woman kills her baby		SCR
31 Mar 2011	Mary Thorpe	Barrowby	Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother	20 year history of psychotic mental illness
23 Feb-2011	Thomas Oakes-Green (13) Eleanor Oakes-Green (9)	Shepshed, Leics	Depressed mother fatally stabbed both her children and then killed herself
02 Jun-2010	Rachael Slack Auden Slack (23 mnths)	Holbrook, Derbyshire	Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-partner and toddler son days after MH assessment and threats to kill them		INQ INQ FOLLOW UP IPCC Coroners PFD SCR
28 Mar 2010	Margaret Clapperton	Mansfield	Mentally ill man kills mother
4-8 Jan 2010	Michael Young	Nottingham	Mentally ill man fatally stabs brother	Long MH history	Inquiry
24 Jul 2009	John McGrath	Stapleford, Nottingham	Schizophrenic man repeatedly and fatally stabs grandfather	Long MH history, family warnings, repeated missed opportunities. Judge criticised MH professionals	Inquiry
14 Dec 2008	Sandra Johnstone	Hucknall	Depressed man repeatedly and fatally stabs wife	Diminished responsibility – jailed for four years
10 Sept 2008	Terence Hooper	Kettering	Ex High Secure Mental Health Patient fatally punches man	Inq found he had been released too early from Rampton	Inquiry Court of Appeal
28 May 2008	Eunice Carr	Nether Langwith	Demented pensioner fatally batters wife
20-23 Apr 2008	Newborn baby – Eithan	Northampton	Mentally ill teenage mother suffocates newborn baby and puts his body under a lawnmower	Infanticide case
04 Dec 2007	Stephanie Barton	Boston	Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabs girlfriend	Heavy cannabis user. Tried to access help without success	Inquiry
27 Nov 2007	Halimah Ahmed	Derby	Psychiatric patient smothers girl then hangs himself	Ind Inq 2010. & Coroners report. Prev violence – Known risk – tried to section 3 times but no S/W	Inquiry Coroner
17 Aug 2007	Karen Godden	Leicester	Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed neighbour with chisel	Ind Inq 2010 (2007/9113 Recently released from Psych hospital – stopped meds.)	Inquiry
02 Aug 2007	Jay Birch (5)	Buxton	Mentally ill woman murdered son and attempted suicide
19 May 2007	Margaret McIntyre	Corby, Northants	Mentally ill man kills grandmother		Inquiry
30 Jan 2007	Nicole Townshend Jane Malkin	Leicester	Psychotic drives car and mounts pavement killing two strangers (Satan driving)	Sought help day before but released, Ind Inq	Inquiry
03 Jan 2007	Lorraine Lowe	Basingham Lincs & MH unit Notts	Paranoid Schizophrenic kills sister by driving car into tree; then throttles patient in MH unit	Long history, stopped meds
03 Jan 2007	Rina Panchal	Thurmaston, Leicester	Mentally ill man fatally stabs shopworker	MH history	Inquiry
07 Nov 2006	Nicholas Windsor	Northampton	Psychopath fatally batters man	Indefinite detention under MHA	Inquiry
26 Sep 2006	Debra Larn	Leicester	MH patient fatally stabbed neighbour and wounded another (PD)	Ind Inq 2007. Long MH history with violence. Predictable & preventable. Warnings. Poor team working.	Inquiry
25 Sep 2006	Rodney Wells	Nottingham	MH patient fatally stabbed daughter’s boyfriend	Long MH history, with violence. 2010, Verita.	Inquiry
04 Jan 2006	Joanne Butler	East Shilton, Leics	Mentally ill man batters mentally ill neighbour and sets house on fire	Ind Inq (ref 9090) 2010	Inquiry
13 Aug 2005	Michael Green	Nottingham	MH patient fatally stabs victim with pen (6″ lodged in brain)		Inquiry
05 Apr 2005	Joyce Halsey (70)	Chesterfield	Psychotic man fatally batters wife
23-25 Jan 2005 Dec 2004-11 Feb 2005	Ellen Frith Katie Baxter Zoe Pennick	Nottingham East Midlands	D&A Patient fatally strangles victims (prob PD)	Indep Inq due	Inquiry
19 Jul 2004	Keith Frogson	Annesley Woodhouse, Notts	Paranoid Mentally ill man fatally shoots stranger with crossbow and hacks him with sword
28 Dec 2003	Rosie May Storrie (10)	Lincolnshire	Man with Aspergers Syndrome stripped and suffocated child	Previous History of violence	SCR Court of Appeal
19 Oct 2003	Nico Meli	Nottingham	MH patient fatally stabs man	Threatened MH workers that day with knife and hammer but released.	Inquiry
23 Jul 2003	Robert Cory	Northampton	Schizophrenic shoots flatmate dead
08 Jul 2003	Paige Shatlock Jones (PS/J) (6)	Hucknall, Notts	Mentally ill man rapes and hangs stepdaughter then hangs himself	Ind Inq 2006	Inquiry
28 Jan 2003	Joan Andrews	Leicester	Paranoid schizophrenic cuts off mothers head with chainsaw. (deceased but he thought she was alive)	Ind Inq kept confidential for “patient confidentiality”.
29 Dec 2002	Jerome Bergan	Nottingham	Paranoid schizophrenic stabs stranger	jailed for life
15 Nov 2002	Adam Morell (14)	Loughborough	Mentally disorderd man strangles and cuts up boy	Gang attack
01 Nov 2002	Janet France	Northampton	Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs ex-partner in front of 7 year old daughter	Hospital order under MHA
25 Sep 2002	Michael Doherty	Leicester	Recently released paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed stranger in head and heart	SCR 2005, Violent history. Vol. inpatient – catalogue of errors, prev. threatened to stab stepfather.	SCR
21 Jul 2002	Sandy Hadfield (13)	Lincoln (& Derby)	Sexual predator with long MH history kills teenager	SCR 2006. Long MH history – Previous violence	Inquiry
14 Dec 2001	Jacqueline Wedderburn	Nottingham	Psychotic man fatally battered sister with knives, glass and spade
29 Dec 2000	Zafar Iqbal	Nottingham	Detained paranoid schizophrenic leaves hospital without permission and kills brother in law	Ind Inq 2005	Inquiry
06 Nov 2000	Alan Clark	Barnsley	MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs victim (affair)	Ind Inq 2004	Inquiry
08 Oct 2000	Danielle Hurst (2)	Norton Disney	Depressed man killed young daughter by asphyxiating her with car fumes	Diminished responsibility
22 Mar 2000	Phillip Beardmore	Lincoln	MH patient stabs victim	Ind Inq 2003	Inquiry
22 Oct 1999	George Ackroyd	Hope, Derbyshire	Paranoid schizophrenic beheads father	Ind Inq 2002	Inquiry
18 Aug 1999	new born baby	Sutton in Ashfield	Mentally ill teenage mum fatally stabs new born baby	Infanticide case
10 Aug 1999	Wilfred Marchant	Leicester	Psychotic MH patient stabs young boy (stranger) and father then beats pensioner to death (also a stranger)	Ind Inq 2001 – prev hist of violence, left hospital day before, terrible failures, stopped meds.	INQUIRY Report on Inquiry
16 Jun 1999	Vicki Older	Nottingham	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs and batters his ex-girlfriend with a pick-axe handle	Sent to secure unit – released by MH Tribunal just 4 years later
03 May 1999	Richard Marden	Towcester	MH patient battered father to death with gas bottle	Critical Ind Inq, 2003. No CPA	Inquiry
04 Oct 1998	Catherine Hundleby	Leicester	Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife	Ind Inq 2001	Inquiry Action plan
07 Aug 1998	Colin Spooner	Derby	Mentally disordered teenager fatally batters homeless man	Diminished responsibility – to serve eight years
28 Jul 1998	Stuart Dunbar	Derby	Mentally disordered teenager fatally batters homeless man	Victim died 6 years later – Diminished responsibility – life imprisonment – minimum five years
02 May 1998	New born baby	Lincoln	Mentally disordered woman fatally abandoned baby in freezing park	Pleaded guilty to infanticide – probation
20 Jan 1998	Margaret Higginson	Burbage	Mentally ill and delusional pensioner fatally stabbed wife	Diminished responsibility – Hospital order
23 Mar 1997	Nigel Fraser	Nottingham	Mentally disordered woman fatally stabbed her husband	Diminished responsibility – three years probation with MH Treatment
16 Jan 1997	Caroline Burningham	Welling-borough, Northants	Paranoid schizophrenic batters, sexually assaults and fatally strangles pregnant woman (stranger)	Ind Inq 1999	Inquiry
22 Jul 1996	Anthony Winship	Notts	MH Patient kills father after stabbing and repeatedly hitting him with hammer.	Ind Inq 1997	Inquiry
22 Jun 1996	Adil Butt	Leicester	MH homicide	Ind Inq 1999 – failure to evaluate and assess properly	Inquiry
06 Apr 1996	Kim Cassells	Nottingham	Mentally disordered man fatally battered young mother of five	Diminished responsibility – sentenced to life
01 Jan 1996	Jill Walker	Lascoe	Depressed man fatally strangled wife	Diminished responsibility
19 Oct 1995	John Dawson	Leics	MH homicide, kidnapping of stranger w firearm	Ind Inq 1997	Inquiry
10 Oct 1995	Patrick Cullen	Leics	Mentally ill man fatally stamps on stranger	Ind Inq 1998	Inquiry
08 Aug 1995	Gwendoline Smith David Smith (12)	Sandiacre	Psychotic fatally stabbed mother and step brother, a month after release from psych unit	Ind Inq 1996	Inquiry
01 May 1995	Janice Symons	Leicester	MH patient fatally stabs landlady	Ind Inq 1996	Inquiry
02 Jun 1994	Christine Harvey	Gainsborough	Depressed man fatally stabbed his wife	Diminished Responsibility – sentenced to three years probation
01 Jun 1994	Angela Foster	Nottingham	Mentally disordered man fatally strangled his wife whilst children in the house	Diminished responsibility – four years imprisonment
06 May 1994	Luigi Benini (75)	Nottingham	Psychotic and depressed man fatally smothered his father	Diminished responsibility – hospital order
Jan 1994	Walentyna Korecki	Derby	Demented pensioner fatally repeatedly and batters his wife with a hammer and buried her in the cellar	Hospital order
03 Aug 1993	Samuel Vernon	Nottingham	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man and attempts murder of another	Ind Inq 1993. Many previous admissions	Inquiry
Mar 1993	Claire Potthurst (3)	Bolsover	Depressed mentally ill woman fatally strangled her young daughter	Diminished responsibility – detained in a psychiatric hospital
11 Jan 1993	Jamie Wright (5 mths)	Hinckley	Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally batters baby	Originally convicted of murder – diminished responsibility on appeal