| Date |
Victim |
Location |
Event |
Comment |
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| Oct-94 |
Paul Smith |
Basildon Essex |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed stranger to'bring about second coming' |
Psychiatric patient |
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| Nov-94 |
Christopher Edwards |
Chelmsford prison |
Schizophrenic homicide |
Ind Inq 1998 (European Court HR case) |
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| Dec-94 |
Robert Mitchell |
Bramford, Suffolk |
Paranoid Schizoprenic absconds from open psych ward to behead father and strangle elderly neighbours |
Ind Inq 1996. Previous history of attempted murder and assault. |
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| Dec-94 |
Arthur Wilson |
Bramford, Suffolk |
Paranoid Schizoprenic absconds from open psych ward to behead father and strangle elderly neighbours |
Ind Inq 1996. Previous history of attempted murder and assault |
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| Dec-94 |
Shirley Wilson |
Bramford, Suffolk |
Paranoid Schizoprenic absconds from open psych ward to behead father and strangle elderly neighbours |
Ind Inq 1996. Previous history of attempted murder and assault |
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| May-95 |
Brenda Horrod |
Hickling, Norfolk |
MH patient fatally batters, stabs and smothers wife day after leaving hospital |
Ind Inq 1998 |
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| Oct-95 |
Ben Slowley (8) |
Ipswich |
Mentally ill woman drugs and strangles sons |
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| Oct-95 |
Sam Slowley (2) |
Ipswich |
Mentally ill woman drugs and strangles sons |
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| Nov-95 |
John McLusky |
Peterborough area |
MH homicide of mother's boyfriend |
Ind
Inq 1997 |
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| Mar-96 |
Matthew Bowyer |
Essex |
MH patient sets mothers house alight and kills lodger |
Ind Inq 1999 |
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| Jul-96 |
Denise Palmacci |
Bedfordshire |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs ex-girlfriend after release from Psychiatric hospital |
Ind Inq 1997 |
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| Jul-96 |
Daniel Coleman (83) |
Norfolk |
MH Homicide |
Ind Inq 2001 |
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| Aug-96 |
Daniel Whayman |
Ipswich |
Schizophrenic woman throws baby off 150ft bridge killing him |
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| Apr-97 |
Perry James |
Hemel Hempstead |
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| Oct-97 |
Barbara Coleman |
Beds |
MH homicide |
Ind Inq 1998 |
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| Jan-98 |
Daphne Bidwell (DB) |
Thetford |
Mentally ill man fatally bludgeons wife before killing himself |
Ind Inq. 2003. Bellis (not publ) |
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| Aug-98 |
Joanne Alawode (3) |
Cambs |
MH homicide of daughter |
Ind Inq 2000 |
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| Sep-98 |
Martin Cass |
Ford End, Essex |
MH patient fatally shot ex's new partner, then shot himself |
Ind Inq 2001 |
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| Apr-99 |
Older brother |
Barking & Havering |
MH homicide |
Ind Inq 2001 |
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| Jul-99 |
Violet Dunderdale |
Chelmsford |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills grandmother (DNA evidence 8 yrs later) |
MH patient |
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| Sep-99 |
Rosemary Neale |
Colchester |
MH homicide of mother |
Ind Inq 2002 |
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| May-01 |
Dorothy Rush |
Norwich |
Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally batters and stabs disabled mother |
Originally unfit to plead, sentenced 2012 |
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| Aug-01 |
John Boultwood |
Tilbury, Essex |
PTSD depressive (after Ladbroke Grove) fatally and repeatedly stabs stranger |
Indefinite detention |
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| Aug-01 |
Jason Hill (6) |
Shortstown, Bedordshire |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally strangles young son |
Social services deemed son at no risk two weeks earlier. SS inq |
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| Jun-02 |
Hazel Prager |
Hainault, Essex |
Paranoid schizophrenic rapes and fatally stabs a stranger |
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| Jul-02 |
Derek Salmon |
Colchester |
MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed her husband |
Yes - Ind Inq |
130kb |
| Dec-02 |
Jayne Poppy |
Leigh on Sea |
Paranoid Schizophrenic batters girlfriend to death |
Ind Inq 2008. Released against advice, missed appts, came off meds, no risk assessment. |
239kb |
| Jan-03 |
Sean Hand |
Basildon |
MH Homicide by stabbing |
Ind Inq 2008. Released despite homicidal thoughts, poor records |
219kb |
| Aug-04 |
John West |
Sheringham Norfolk |
Paranoid schizophrenic killed his father in law |
Ind Inq 2008. Previous violence, released days earlier, warnings. Poor risk assessment. Poor team work. |
509kb |
| Oct-04 |
Amanda Lewis |
Bury St Edmunds |
Depressive stabbed partner |
light sentence |
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| Nov-04 |
Mark Evans |
Dagenham/ Ilford |
Murdered man and burnt body in a wheelie bin |
Ind Inq |
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| Dec-04 |
Doreen Griggs |
Wisbech, Cambs |
Paranoid schizophrenic smothers and stabs grandmother fatally |
Indep Inq. Hanson 2009 |
328kb |
| Dec-04 |
Deraye Lewis (3) |
Bletchley |
MH patient fatally punches toddler |
Critical Inq. Verita 2010. (Case G) - PD and substance abuse |
79kb |
| Dec-04 |
Christopher Mason |
Watford |
MH patient attacks stranger in street, who falls and later dies |
5 yr MH history - Case A in Inquiry report. Verita 2010 |
79kb |
| Jan-05 |
Adam Krol |
Bedford |
Psychotic repeatedly attacked three men with meat cleaver, two killed |
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| Jan-05 |
Ryszard Krasewski |
Bedford |
Psychotic repeatedly attacked three men with meat cleaver, two killed |
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| Feb-05 |
Mary (Maisie) Dempsey (71) |
Harpenden |
MH patient fatally stabs elderly neighbour 40 times |
Substance abuse problems - Case B in Inquiry report. 2010, Verita. |
79kb |
| Jun-05 |
Arthur Dunkley |
Lyng, Norwich |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills elderly parents by repeatedly stamping on them |
Long MH history with previous violence yet allowed out for unsupervised visits. |
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| Jun-05 |
Marguerite Dunkley |
Lyng, Norwich |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills elderly parents by repeatedly stamping on them |
Long MH history with previous violence yet allowed out for unsupervised visits. |
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| Jul-05 |
Peter Grimshaw |
Colchester |
MH patient fatally stabs friend |
Case J in Inq report - many problems in Care. Verita 2010 |
98kb |
| Aug-05 |
Lisa Sullivan |
Walton on the Naze |
Mental Health patient strangles partner |
Ind Inq found failings in care |
494kb |
| Dec-05 |
Michael Bird |
Braintree |
MH patient fatally strangles acquaintance |
Case 'K' in Inquiry report |
98kb |
| Dec-05 |
Teresa Botwright |
Lowestoft |
Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally attempts to decapitate mother with samurai sword |
MH History |
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| Feb-06 |
Mandlemkosi Nelya (Mandla Leya) |
Cambridge |
Conditionally released psychiatric patient batters friend and leaves him to freeze to death |
Case F in Inq report. Verita 2010. History of psychotic illness & prev. violence. |
79kb |
| Mar-06 |
Adel Makar |
Westcliff on Sea |
MH patient fatally stabs father then hangs himself |
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64kb |
| Mar-06 |
Frank Empson |
Harlow |
MH patient fatally stabs acquaintance |
Drug User |
98kb |
| May-06 |
Graham Rayner |
Tavenham, Norfolk |
Paranoid schizophrenic decapitates victim with axe and hides body in boot of car |
Long MH history. prev. violence. Stopped meds. Inq said Preventable. |
636kb |
| Nov-06 |
Marcus Witham |
Colchester |
MH patient (w PD and substance abuse problems) fatally stabs partner |
Case 'E' in Inq. Report |
79kb |
| Dec-06 |
Steven Janczuk |
Arlesey, Beds |
Mentally ill woman fatally stabs husband |
MH History |
1.8Mb |
| Mar-07 |
Joseph Talby (4) |
Peterborough |
Mentally ill woman smothers children then hangs herself |
MH history |
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| Mar-07 |
Paul Talby (2) |
Peterborough |
Mentally ill woman smothers children then hangs herself |
MH history |
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| Jun-07 |
PC Johnathan Henry |
Luton |
Schizophrenic fatally stabs PC in the neck |
alleged contact with MH Services 4 days before incident |
796kb |
| Jul-07 |
Marvaleen Lee |
Bedford |
Schizophrenic fatally stabs mother in neck and dismembers body |
pleaded guilty by diminished responsibility |
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| Aug-07 |
Kathleen Bainbridge |
Dunstable, Beds |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs care assistant and attempts to kill another |
Unfit to plead. Herts patient |
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| Aug-07 |
John Redhead |
Potters Bar |
Mental health patient convicted of murdering ex boyfriend |
Drug user. Ind inq. 2013 Niche |
659Kb |
| Sep-08 |
Ryan Walsh |
Cheshunt |
Mental health patient fatally stabs boyfriend |
MH history w violence - inquiry found many failings in care. Ind inq. 2013 Iodem |
1032Kb |
| Nov-08 |
Boris Reavey |
Bedford |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger three days after release from psych. hospital |
long MH history had been inpatient 15 times |
1.3Mb |
| Apr-09 |
Colin Ricketts |
Laindon, Essex |
Mentally ill man with paranoid delusions fatally stabs mother's boyfriend |
Ind Inq commissioned |
293Kb |
| May-09 |
Mary Griffiths |
Bury St |
Deluded recent mental health patient kills woman with bolt gun |
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3.4Mb |
| May-09 |
Christine McDonald |
Newmarket |
Mentally ill man batters and repeatedly stabs wife then commits suicide |
Had had CMHT assessment 9 days before |
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| Jun-09 |
Faith Lovemore
(6 wks) |
Cambridge |
Mentally ill woman kills baby |
MH History |
116kb |
| Jan-10 |
Rosina Waller (88) |
Southend |
Mentally ill man fatally batters grandmother |
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| Mar-10 |
Carol Wetherley |
Needham |
Paranoid Schizophrenic slits mother's throat claiming Jesus made him do it. |
MH History |
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| Apr-10 |
Sandra Crawford |
St Albans |
Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabs neighbour |
Family took him to hospital day before but released. |
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| Jun-10 |
Ramatunnessa Choudhury (70) |
Luton |
Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly beat mother to death in front of children |
Long MH history with serious violence. Not taking meds |
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| Feb-11 |
Ruth Jacobs |
Needham Market |
Merntally ill man drowns disabled wife |
Sentenced Sec 37 MHA - no restriction |
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| Jun-11 |
Fred Hodson |
Luton |
Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly batters strangers head with hammer |
Assessed as 'no danger' on day of incident |
Ind. Inq. due |
| Jun-11 |
Jeanette Goodwin |
Southend |
Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs former girlfriend |
Family had tried to get get him sectioned |
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