182 known cases 1993 – 2023
97 investigation reports
In 2023 NHS England published a systems review following five homicides by patients in Devon
Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
20 Nov 2023 | Alison Bowen | Bristol | Psychotic man fatally stabbed his wife | Diminished responsibility – Restricted hospital order, Sec 37/41 | |
29 Jul 2023 | Hazel Huggins | Plymouth | Delusional and psychotic man with schizophrenia repeatedly and fatally stabbed his mother | Previous violence, Family had been trying to get him help. Diminished responsibility – Hospital order Sec 37/41 | |
27 Jun 2023 | Lynette Nash | Portishead | Psychotic man with schizoaffective disorder repeatedly and fatally stabbed his mother | Diminished responsibility – Sec 37/41 | |
03 Jun 2023 | Elizabeth Richings (83) | Bournemouth | Distressed mentally disordered man fatally strangles disabled wife – believing it to be an act of mercy | Diminished responsibility – 18 month suspended sentence | |
07 May 2023 | Debra Cantrell | Plymouth | Man with schizophrenia fatally stabbed his mother after telling MH staff he would so – misdiagnosis. | Convicted of murder – life with 12 years minimum | |
28 Mar 2023 | Bernadette Rosario | St Austell | Psychotic man with history of violence repeatedly and fatally stabs his mother | Diminished reposnisbility – hospital order with restrictions | |
26 Feb 2023 | Frederick Burge (89) | Glastonbury | Deluded man with schizophrenia travels 500 miles from Scotland to repeatedly and fatally stab a stranger | Diminished responsibility – indefinite hospital order | |
18 Feb 2023 | Lorna England | Exeter | Mentally disordered man fatally stabbed a stranger after telling MH staff he would do so | Convicted of murder – 28 years | |
30 Jan 2023 | Anne Woodbridge (92) | Weston-Super-Mare | Mentally disordered man fatally suffocates wife with dementia | Diminished responsibility – two years suspended sentence | |
06 Jan 2023 | Beatrice Corry (84) | Chipping Camden | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally batters his mother | Had previously threatened family who tried to get him help – Diminished responsibility – Sec 37/41 | |
22 Dec 2022 | Ryan Brindley | Dinton | Psychotic man deliberately and fatally drove into motorcyclist at speed | Diminished responsibility – Sec 37/41 | |
20 Sept 2022 | Emma Potter | Stroud | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed acquaintance | Convicted of Murder – Life, minimum 24 years | |
01 Jul 2022 | Mohammed Nadeem | Gloucester | Mentally disordered man fatally attacks his neighbour | Unfit to plead – trial of facts – Sec 37/41 – in Broadmoor | |
15 Mar 2022 | Michelle O’Neill | Cheltenham | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed his mother | Diminished responsibility – Hospital Order with restrictions | |
04 Mar 2022 | Clive Dowse (85) | Bodmin | Man with dementia fatally punches fellow care home resident | Trial of Facts – found to have comitted the act | |
02 Mar 2022 | Valerie Warrington Clive Warrington | Bourton on the Water & Cheltenham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs both his parents after absconding from psychiatric unit after attacking another | Long MH history – Diminished responsibility, Sec 37/41 Sent to Broadmoor | |
22 Jun 2021 | Sally Poynton | Crowlas | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his mother and wounded his brother | Family made repeated but unsuccessful efforts to get him help beforehand | Coroner’s PFD |
29 May 2021 | Jill Hickery (82) | Mullion | Demented Man fatally stabbed his wife | Unfit to plead – hospital order | |
25 May 2021 | Alison Stevenson | Helston | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his grandmother | Convicted of Murder – Life – minimum 18 years | |
27 Dec 2020 | Nigel Johnston | Exmouth | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabbed her husband | Convicted of Manslaughter – sentenced to 10 years | |
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 | Inquiry Summary |
04 Dec 2020 | Noah, a new born baby | Weston Super Mare | Mentally disordered woman causes death of her new born baby by throwing it over the balcony of her flat | Infanticide case | Sentencing |
29 Oct 2020 | Angela Webber | Dunster | Delusional man with dementia repeatedly and fatally stabbed his wife | Unfit to Plead – Hospital order with restrictions | |
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 Inquiry |
22 Sep 2020 | David Fox (73) | Ferndown | Mentally disordered pensioner fatally drives into pedestrian | Convicted of Death by Dangerous driving – 30 weeks imprisonment | |
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) | ||
09 Jun 2019 | Peter Freeman | Newton Abbott | Mentally disordered man fatally stabs his father | Took his own life after killing | Inquiry |
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 | Civil Action Inquiry |
10 Jan 2019 | Bashir Abdullah | Bristol | Mentally ill and paranoid man repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Had stopped taking medication two weeks before. | |
17 Dec 2018 | Charles Taylor (82) | Poole | Mentally disordered man fatally battered his step-grandfather | Inquiry | |
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 | Inquiry Summary |
19 July 2018 | Lesley Davies (81) | Par, Cornwall | Demented and psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stamps on partner’s head | Hospital order with restrictions | DHR Full DHR Exec Summ |
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 | Inquiry | |
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 | Inquiry | |
14 Aug 2016 | Ryan Merna | Poole | Mentally ill man repeatedly & fatally stabs vulnerable former friend | Previous warnings of violence | Inquiry Supplementary report Inquest PFD |
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 | Inquiry 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 | |
12 Aug 2015 | Marc Hastings | Newent | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabbed partner | Diminished responsibility – jailed for 7.25 years | |
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 | ||
26 May 2015 | Phillip Nicholson | Boscombe | Mentally disordered woman fatally slashes acquaintances’ throat | ||
26 May 2015 | Elliot Handley | Dorchester | Mentally ill man fatally batters victim with claw hammer | ||
01 Jan 2015 | Tanis Bhandari | Plymouth | Mentally disordered man under care of CMHT fatally stabs man | Numerous multi agency failings – convicted of Murder. Life., mimimum 23 years | Safeguarding Adults Review |
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 | Appeal |
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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30 Mar 2014 | Mashael Albasman | Bournemouth | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabs daughter | ||
15 Nov 2013 | Geraint (Gary) Hughes | Feock | Psychotic woman fatally stabs husband | History of deteriorating mental illness | Chronology
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02 Oct 2013 | Derisa Trenchard | Carbis Bay | Mentally ill man bludgeons his wife to death with hammer and kills himself | Paranoid depressive illness | |
26 Sep 2013 | Brian Kemp | Sidmouth | Psychotic man fatally stabs stranger | Deteriorating for months before | Inquiry Summary |
09 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 |
06 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 |
02 Mar 2013 | Victoria Rose | Devizes | Depressed mentally ill man shoots ex partner and then himself | Had seen Drs & MH professionals days before | Domestic Homicide Review Coroner’s PFD |
19 Jan 2013 | Shaun O’Neill (2) | Modbury | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangles then stabs young son | Long MH history, prev. inpatient | Inquiry |
13 Jan 2013 | Suzanne Newton | Melksham | Psychotic man fatally stabs wife after medication stopped | History of mental illness | Domestic Homicide review |
17 July 2012 | Sergio Marquez | Bournemouth | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs flatmate and mutilates body | London patient, had absconded from Huntley MH unit months before | Inquiry Sentencing remarks |
21 Jun 2012 | 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 | |
17 Mar 2012 | 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 |
15 Apr 2011 | Winston Cooper | Marnhull | Mentally ill man fatally attacks father with hammer, knives and secateurs | Previously convicted for assaulting father in 2009 | Domestic Homicide Review |
04 Oct 2010 | Earl Swaby | Bristol | Mental Health Patient convicted of manslaughter after fatal stabbing | MH history | Summary
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25 Aug 2010 | 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 |
04 Jul 2010 | Dorothy Shepherd | Winchcombe | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs grandmother | History of prev. violence. V many failings in care | Inquiry |
20 Apr 2010 | 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 |
18 Jan 2010 | 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 |
16 Dec 2009 | Ivy Hawken | Strete, Devon | Mentally ill man murders fellow care home resident | ||
09 Sep 2009 | Mark Pinnell | Clevedon | MH patient fatally stabs aquaintance | MH history | Inquiry Exec Summ
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05 Sep 2009 | Gordon Ackrell | Plymouth | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered neighbour after earlier warning he would kill | Long MH history – warned authorities he would kill | |
04 Sep 2009 | Vincent Francis | Wells | MH patient fatally stabs friend’s boyfriend 17 times | MH historyInd. Inq. Dale | Inquiry |
01 Jul 2009 | Sheila Iles | Bristol | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother | Heavy drug user | |
01 May 2009 | Sam Riddall (11) | Bristol | Mentally ill woman kills schoolboy whilst driving dangerously | MH history – had been sectioned 4 times in previous year | |
26 – 29 Nov 2008 | Joan Toop Arthur (Bob) Toop | Bournemouth | Mentally ill woman fatally batters parents | ||
03 Sep 2008 | 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 |
24 May 2008 | Alan Riddock | Bristol | Mental health patient beats man to death | MH history.Ind inq 2013 HASCAS | Executive Summary Inquiry |
06 May 2008 | 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 |
12 Apr 2008 | Alan Clarke | Salisbury | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend | Dem Resp – hospital order MSU | Executive Summary Inquiry |
12 Feb 2008 | Christian Puttock | Clevedon, Avon | Mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger | Long MH hstory | |
07 Jul 2007 | Robert Crook Elsie Crook | Swindon | Mentally ill man fatally batters parents with hammer then drives them to Lincoln | Many service failings | Inquiry |
23 Jun 2007 | 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 |
14 May 2007 | Brian Marsh | Swindon | Mentally ill man in frenzied fatal attack on stepfather, and attacks mother | Many failings – Preventable homicide | Inquiry |
08 May 2007 | William Moss | Newquay | Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Many failings – serious incident was ‘foreseeable’ | Inquiry |
29 Apr 2007 | Ryan Manser (4) | Exeter | MH patient fatally smothers son | SCR 2008.Later suicide in MH unit | Serious Case Review |
29 Apr 2007 | Philip Hendy | Bristol | Psychotic MH patient fatally stabbed stranger | Repeated failings | Inquiry |
04 Mar 2007 | Carl James | Swindon | Schizophrenic fatally stabbed friend 6 times | Prev. threatened violence. Mother warned MH services | Inquiry |
14 Feb 2007 | Sharon Stokes | Exmouth | MH patient kills woman with brick | Family had tried to get him sectioned beforehand | Inquiry |
10 Feb 2007 | Robert Newby | Sticklepath | Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend | Depressive illness, new medication. Victim was also mentally ill | Inquiry |
06 Jul 2006 | 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. | |
04 Oct 2005 | Jeremy Drake | Exeter | Paranoid Scizophrenic beats stranger to death in launderette | Off medication | |
07 Jul 2005 | Iris Middleton Theo Middleton | Wootten Basset, Wiltshire | Psychotic batters parents to death with brick (Alcohol) | ||
26 Nov 2004 | Lily Burrow (7) | Tipton St John, Devon | Delusional paranoid schizophrenic drowns 7 year old daughter | ||
23 Nov 2004 | 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 |
12 Nov 2004 | Bernard James | Bristol | Mentally ill man starts fire that kills disabled landlord | Long MH history with LD | |
20 May 2004 | Ben Williams | Penryn | Mentally disordered teenager beats best friend to death with a pool cue | Diminished responsibility | Court of Appeal |
08 Nov 2003 | Joan Roddam (74) | Delabole, Cornwall | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangled pensioner | Diminished responsibility after murder conviction overturned | Appeal |
18 Oct 2003 | 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. | |
03 Sep 2003 | 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 | |
14 Jun 2003 | Jennifer Sheppard | Bristol | Mentally disordered man fatally batters his mother leaving her unrecognisable | Ind Inq commissioned but never published | |
20 May 2003 | Lyn Grant | London | Mentally ill man strangles wife in London then returns to Cornwall to kill himself | Ind Inq, 2005 | Internal Report Inquiry |
27 Feb 2003 | Joyce Holden (78) | Bristol | Man with dementia fatally batters fellow care home resident | ||
03 Jan 2003 | Mario Pedro Rui Garrido | Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabs housemates | ||
12 May 2002 | Roy Warnes | Plymouth | Psychiatric patient kills neighbour | Ind Inq 2004 found failings. Previous Inpatient | Inquiry |
27 Mar 2002 | Adelaide Howard | Winterbourne, Bristol | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed elderly neighbour 42 times | Ind Inq 2006 found many failings | Inuqiry |
17 Feb 2002 | 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 |
29 Aug 2001 | 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 | |
21 Nov 2000 | Laura Tait (3 mths) | Mere, Wilts | Post-natally depressed woman fatally smothers baby daughter | Infanticide – 3 year community rehabilitation order | |
14 Nov 2000 | 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 | ||
28 Apr 2000 | Carol Trethewey (Mrs S) | St Austell, Cornwall | Depressive repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife | Ind Inq 2003, failings in care,got 3 yrs probation | Inquiry |
18 Apr 2000 | Donna Smart | Shepton Mallet | MH homicide of wife (alc) | Ind Inq 2001 | Inquiry |
28 Jan 2000 | Andrew Pennington | Cheltenham | Psychotic fatally and repeatedly stabbed councillor with samurai sword | ||
19 Jan 2000 | David Glassenbury (6 mnths) | Bristol | Schizophrenic with autism fatally and repeatedly stabs baby brother (severing one hand) | Previous history (later escape & Chepstow rape) | |
06 May 1999 | Michael Martin | Almondsbury, | Paranoid schizophrenic kills father with pickaxe | Ind Inq 2003. Father had repeatedly appealed to MH services for help | Inquiry |
03 Nov 1998 | Louisa Wright (84) | Cheltenham | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered grandmother to death thinking she was the devil | Diminished responsibility | |
13 Oct 1998 | Gillian Sexton | Ilton, Somerset | Depressed man fatally batters wife with spade & throttles her | ||
02 Jun 1998 | William Bodle | Bournemouth | MH homicide | Ind Inq 2002 | Inquiry |
02 Apr 1998 | Jason Henderson | Launceston | Depressed woman fatally stabbed her boyfriend | Diminished responsibility – said to be domestic violence related | |
01 Apr 1998 | 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 | |
12 Feb 1998 | 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 |
27 Jan 1998 | Lynda Young | Hay Tor, Dartmoor | Psychotic man fatally strangles, stabs and batters wife | Not guilty by reason of insanity | |
23 Nov 1997 | Aiyse Sullivan | Dorset | Mentally ill man killed girlfriend (PD) | Ind Inq 2000 | Inquiry |
29 Oct 1997 | Peter Lewis | Somerset | MH homicide of partner after rape and abuse by carers | Ind Inq 2000 | Inquiry |
04 Aug 1997 | Joseph Osmond | Salisbury | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabbed landlord | Ind Inq 1999. previously sectioned, then released before killing | Inquiry |
July 1997 | Frank Weston | Midsomer Norton | Mentally disordered woman with alcohol problems fatally stabbed her husband in the presence of her children | Diminished responsibility – two years probation with MH treatment | |
18 Jun 1997 | Georgina Doyle | Cold Aston | Paranoid schizophrenic with delusions repeatedly and fatally stabs his mother | Not guilty by reason of insanity | |
05 Apr 1997 | Katie Cave (6 mnths) | Taunton | Mentally disordered man fatally throttles baby daughter | Alleged Munchausen’s case | |
20 Feb 1997 | Tristan Dale (17) | Swindon | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs acquaintance | Diminished responsibility – indefinitely detained | |
26 Nov 1996 | Margaret Edgley (73) | Ferndown | Mentally ill man fatally smothers his mother | Internal Investigation only | |
07 July 1996 | Samuel Boon | Cheltenham | Mentally disorderd man fatally stabs father | Diminished responsibility – five years imprisonment | |
12 May 1996 | Gareth Brooks | Plymouth | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally bludgeons neighbour with an axe | Diminished responsibility – Life minimum 12 years | |
07 May 1996 | 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 1995 | 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? | |
30 Aug 1995 | Colin Beynon | Bristol | Schizophrenic batters father to death with hammer on home visit | Ind Inq 1997 found “string of errors” | Inquiry |
19 Apr 1995 | 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 |
01 Nov 1994 | Marjorie Marshall | Tetbury | Mentally disordered man fatally stabbed his adoptive mother 30 times | Diminished responsibility – sentenced to three year probation order. His sister was later victim of a MH homicide in 2009 | |
05 Sep 1994 | Pamela Kuhl | Nailsea | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his wife | Diminished responsibility – 4 years imprisonment | |
12 Aug 1994 | David Palmer & Anthony King | Bournemouth | Seriously mentally ill man fatally strangles two men | Manslaughter – detained indefinitely – sent to Broadmoor | |
14 Jul 1994 | Annetta 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 | ||
23 Mar 1995 | Joshua Skerton (2) | Dartmoor | Depressed man killed son in exhaust filled car and attempted suicide | ||
06 Mar 1994 | Phyllis (Constance) Saville (85) | Wimbourne | Mentally ill teenager fatally stabs elderly stranger | ||
02 Jan 1994 | Polly Elizabeth Jordan (8wks) | Chard | Mentally disordered young mother fatally suffocated her baby and convicted of assaulting other children | Sent to Broadmoor | |
01 Sep 1993 | Georgina Robinson | Torbay | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed occ. therapist in acute psych ward | Ind Inq 1995 MH failures, ‘entirely predictable’ previous assaults | Inquiry |
09 Aug 1993 | Rory England (15 mths) | Taunton | Mentally ill young mother fatally battered toddler | ||
26 Jul 1993 | Margaret Archer | Trowbridge, Wilts | MH homicide – killed wife with axe, then committed suicide | ||
15 Jun 1993 | Yvonne Raglan | Plymouth | Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife | Diminished responsibility | |
01 Feb 1993 | Paul Kempster | Gloucester | Depressed man fatally stabbed ex-wife’s partner | Diminished responsibility – life imprisonment | |
18 Jan 1993 | 22 month old baby | Cheltenham | Post-natally depressed young woman suffocated young step-daughter | Diminished responsibility – five years Youth offending centre |
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.
I worked in supported housing for people with mental health problems for 15 years in Bristol and know 5 of the people reported on from this list.
Regarding Robert Cox from Bristol, and Derek Hancock, who killed him, its interesting how the SCR is both thorough and also misses the biggest contributing factor, that the HSR and process for funding supported housing in Bristol pushed services to move people on quickly, so the referal, even though it was to a service specialising in working with peopel with mental health needs glossed over his mental health, the focus was on the fact he was autistic and felt anxious and depressed. Nowhere did it explain he had feelings of persecution that were probabaly not based in reality.
In truth almost all of his support needs and risks were around a delusional sense of persecution, he believed many other men he lived with were affecting him with their sexuality in some way, we took a long time to realise this as he revealed more of himself over time, intially his accusations of bullying did not mention the sexual element and were plausible.
It was almost certainly responsible for his homelessness and use of supported housing., yet it was never explicitly stated. We wasted a lot of time learning this.
Also it stated his previous service said he needed 24hr services, however, most of the time he seemed to have low support needs, the way the HSR works there is NO WAY they would have accepted him using 24hr support or even high support long term, he was simply too functional most of the time, the push to move people on and get them to lower support encouraged a culture where people would gloss over the real problems people had, like they did with Derek, It was all about pushing people through the stages of high to medium to low support, as they didnt think Derek was dangerous in my opinion they glossed over what was most likely to cause difficulty with being accepted by other services.
While I maintain we could not have known he was going to do that, (especially that day, as he was very relaxed and calm till staff left the service, in fact I went home elated as he had seemed to turn a corner regarding engaging with other services about his mental health) I suspect knowing his real needs we would have only agreed to take him on if he engaged with mental health services, I will say it again, his real needs were never explicitly stated at referral.
There were other issues with the actual HSR system which is essentially software, it was poorly laid out with a bizarre risk assessment system, recording support needs was also really poorly laid out, you could tick a box from a list to say what peoples support needs were, but the only point to write a narrative was in a box that looked very small, encouraging brief writing. Without a hint of arrogance i know i could have done better. No focus on just asking people to explain explicitly why people are homeless and how to change it. The system was also glitchy, showing previous pages when you tried to move on to reading about a different client amongst other issues.
Thank you for sending this