| Date |
Victim |
Location |
Event |
Comment |
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| Sep- 93 |
James Bourke |
Birmingham |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered neighbour |
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| Jul-95 |
Tom Radshaw (Redishaw?) |
Coventry |
MH patient sets fire to flat killing neighbour and his son. |
Ind Inq 1997 |
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| Jul-95 |
Richard Eadshaw (12) |
Coventry |
MH patient sets fire to flat killing neighbour and his son. |
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| May 97 |
Glenys Adams |
Stoke |
Mentally ill man repeated hacked wife to death after bringing her cup of tea |
Previous MH history |
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| Aug-97 |
Geraldine Simpson |
Birmingham |
MH homicide of woman by throwing her from 12th floor flat |
Ind Inq 2001 |
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| Sep-97 |
Mohammed Atlas |
Birmingham |
MH homicide |
Ind Inq 2000 |
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| May-98 |
Richard Aston |
Leamington, Warwicks |
MH double homicide (drove into them) |
Ind Inq 2000 (released 2002 after 3 yrs) |
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| May-98 |
Richard Chandler |
Warwickshire |
MH double homicide (drove into them) |
Ind Inq 2000 (released 2002 after 3 yrs) |
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| Jul-99 |
Lewis Hodge |
Birmingham |
Paranoid schizophrenic kills victim with machete |
Ind Inq 2004, previous violence |
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| Feb-00 |
Shamim Akhtar |
Birmingham |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabbed wife in front of children whilst on unsupervised release from MH unit |
Critical Ind Inq 2004 |
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| Oct-00 |
Susan Hall (Mother) |
Coventry |
Paranoid Schizophenic kills family with hammer |
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| Oct-00 |
Clifford (grandfather) |
Coventry |
Paranoid Schizophenic kills family with hammer |
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| Oct-00 |
Lynda (aunt) |
Coventry |
Paranoid Schizophenic kills family with hammer |
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| May-01 |
Rosie Ross (16) |
Birmingham |
Paranoid scizophrenic fatally stabs sunbathing schoolgirl |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs schoolgirl |
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| Apr-02 |
Craig Beesley |
Birmingham |
Schizophrenic (undiagnosed?) drives car at crowd outside pub killing one |
Schizophrenic drives car at crowd outside pub killing one |
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| Sep-02 |
Balbir Kaur |
Birmingham |
Paranoid Schizophrenic kills shopkeeper with machete and attacks another |
Ind Inq 2005 |
385kb |
| Nov-02 |
Irene Norman |
Wolver-hampton |
MH patient drowned neighbour |
Ind Inq 2006 |
247kb |
| Jul-03 |
Sheila Lochlin |
Redditch, Worcs |
Depressive strangles partner and attempts suicide |
detained under MHA |
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| Apr-04 |
Bharana Krishna Namooty |
Coventry |
Ex Mental patient strangled girlfriend |
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| 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 |
5.2Mb |
| 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 |
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| Jan-05 |
Fiona Stephenson |
Rugby |
Stabbed his wife thinking she was having an affair |
Ind Inq 2006. Previous violence |
610kb |
| Feb-05 |
Colette Lynch |
Rugby |
Psychotic schizophrenic fatally stabbed his wife (many previous warnings) |
Very critical Indep Inq 2006 |
Ind Inq report
664kb
Inquest report
72kb |
| Oct-05 |
Elaine Wain |
Coventry |
Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbour 130 times |
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| 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 |
445kb |
| 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 |
524kb |
| Aug-06 |
Fatina Bassou |
Coventry |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs wife |
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| May-08 |
Glenn Hollinshead |
Stoke on Trent |
Psychotic woman fatally stabs man, afterwards reapeatedly hit her head with hammer and jumped off 50' bridge |
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| Jul-08 |
Patricia Fort |
Castle Bromwich |
Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother 80 times |
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| Sep-08 |
Mark Cannon |
Lichfield |
Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally stabs partner |
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| 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 |
221Kb |
| 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 |
290Kb |
| Jun-10 |
Patricia Hammond |
Alsager |
Mentally ill man (dementia) repeatedly and fatally stabs wife |
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| Nov-10 |
Audrey Meadley |
Edgbaston |
Mentally ill woman fatally stabs friend |
MH history - recently released from hospital against her wishes |
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| Nov-10 |
Mesiach Pearce |
Birmingham |
Demented man fatally batters care home resident |
Unfit to plead but found guilty of the act |
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| Nov-10 |
Shauna Lee |
Coventry |
Mentally ill man bludgeons pregnant woman with hammer and dismembers body |
Previous MH patient |
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| Dec-10 |
Jill Louis Nevitt |
Oswestry |
Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabs wife 28 times |
MH history of depression and PTSD |
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| 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 |
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| Jan-11 |
Carol Brown |
Birmingham |
Mentally ill woman fatally strangled mother |
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| May-11 |
Anna Cuporiova |
Stoke on Trent |
Paranoid schizophrenic slits mother's throat and dumps her in wheelie bin |
Undiagnosed at time of incident |
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| Jun-11 |
Ayesha White-Mukumbira |
Stratford upon Avon |
Depressed woman kills daughter |
Drug history - Previous warning unheeded |
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| Jul-11 |
Anita Young |
Birmingham |
Unmedicated psychotic man fatally batters his mother to death |
Long MH history - saw psychiatrist on day of attack |
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| Jul-11 |
Kerry Smith |
Rowley Regis |
Mental health patient fatally stabs ex-partner |
Long history of previous violence |
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| Sep-11 |
Ahmed Mohammed |
Birmingham |
Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs father |
Long term deterioration of MH |
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| Dec-11 |
Shadi Afrouzi |
Wolver-hampton |
Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs wiife in front of 12 year old son |
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| Feb-12 |
Oliver Smith |
Birmingham |
Schizophrenic fatally stabs acquaintance |
MH history |
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| Mar-12 |
Jonas Daraska |
Wolverhampton |
Paranoid schizophrenic batters friend with an axe |
MH problems 'known to authorities' but failed to treat |
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| Jul-12 |
Janice Smithen |
Birmingham |
Mentally ill man fatally batters mother with metal weights bar |
MH history |
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