Northern Ireland & Islands

58 known cases 1993 – 2021
28 inquiry and official reports

Date	Victim	Location	Event	Comment	download
03 Jan 2022	Aidan Mann	Downpatrick	Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed neighbour whilst acutely psychotic	Didn’t believe he was ill – indeterminate sentence – minimum nine years in prison
13 Jul 2021	Nigel Orr-McAuley	Bangor	Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend	Found guilty of murder – min 11.5 years impriisonment
17 Jan 2021	Jacquelyn Price	Andreas, Isle of Man	Schizophrenic man fatally strangled his mother and assaulted his father	Previously undiagnosed – hospital order with restrictions	SCR Learning Brief
16 Aug 2020	Susan Baird	Belfast	Severely depressed man repeatedly and fatally bludgeoned his wife with a hammer	Diminished responsibility
08 Jun 2020	Darren McNally	Derry/ Londonderry	Mentally disordered woman with ADS fatally stabbed partner	Diminished responsibility – alcohol dependence and domestic violence
30 Mar 2020	Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Dobbin (82)	Larne	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally strangled and battered his grandmother after seeing zombies	Diminished responsibility indeterminate life sentence (min 5 years)
23 Dec 2019	Joseph Dutton Frances Murray	Belfast	Mentally disordered man fatally battered and strangled neighbours	Diminished responsibility – Alcohol dependency & PD	Sentencing remarks
31 Oct 2019	Timothy Graham	Bangor	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs vulnerable neighbour more than 90 times	Thought he was Jesus killing satan – diminished responsibility
06 Aug 2019	Pamela Nisbet	St Peter, Jersey	Mentally disordered man fatally stabs his mother	Diminished responsibility	Medical FTP Tribunal
05 Dec 2018	John O’Reilly (83)	Armagh	Demented man fatally pushes fellow care home resident	History of previous violent incidents
13-16 Nov 2018	Pauline Kilkenny	Enniskillen	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally batters and stabs woman who’d helped him	History of severe mental illness and violence	Judgment summary Sentencing remarks
06 Jul 2018	Gerard Scullion	Banbridge	Mentally disordered man fatally batters and repeatedly stabs friend		Sentencing remarks
20 Jan 2018	Mark Ponisi	Belfast	Mentally disordered couple beat man to death with hammer	Diminished responsibility	Sentencing remarks
21 Oct 2017	Anne O’Neill	Belfast	Mentally disordered man kills his mother with a chisel		Summary of judgment
04 Jun 2017	Hazem Ahmed Ghreir	Belfast	Mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger	Long & concerning MH history ‘slipped through safety net’	Sentencing remarks
26 May 2017	Michael Cawdery (83) Marjorie Cawdery (83)	Portadown	Psychotic man fatally stabbed elderly strangers after escaping from hospital	Southern Trust (NI)	Inquiry awaited Sentencing Inquest
4-6 Nov 2016	James Hughes	Belfast	Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs neighbour	Previous history of violent offending	Sentencing
21 Oct 2016	John McCarthy	St Helier, Jersey	Mentally ill man fatally stabs pensioner	Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibility
18 Jan 2016	Eddie Girvan	Greenisland, Co Antrim	Mentally ill woman smothers and fatally stabs pensioner
12 Dec 2015	Lisa Arustamovs	Portavogie	Psychotic man fatally strangled his mother		Sentencing
29 Jan 2015	Mohsin Bhatti	Belfast	Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs friend in unprovoked attack	No insight, failed to comply with treatment	Sentencing
19 Dec 2014	Ronald Reid	Bangor	Psychotic and delusional man fatally stomps on and batters his father	Indefinite hospital order – later absconds from hospital
4 Jun 2014	Margaret Evans	Portstewart	Psychotic & depressed man fatally batters his mother who he thought was a witch	Substance abuser
07 Mar – 09 Apr 2014	Baby (5 months)	Belfast	Mother with post natal depression fatally smothers baby	3 years probation
4 July 2013	Brendan Owens (3)	Lisburn	Paranoid schizophrenic mother suffocates young son	Signed herself into psych unit day after	Sentencing
4 Jan 2013	Aloysius Hackett	Augher, Co Tyrone	Depressed mentally ill man fatally shoots father		Appeal Hearing
14 Aug 2011	Izabela Rzeszowska Kinga Rzeszowska (5yrs) Kacper Rzeszowski (2yrs) Marek Gartska Marta De La Haye Julia De La Haye (5yrs)	Jersey	Mentally ill man fatally stabs family and neighbours
03 Apr 2011	Lynn Coburn	Connor NI	Paranoid schizophrenic decapitates mother and stabs her repeatedly	Long MH history	Summary of Judgment
12 Nov 2009	Michael J McGleenon	Lurgan NI	Psychotic mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed father	Long MH history, reportedly released from Psych clinic three days before assault	Sentencing
06 Jul 2009	George Morrison	Belfast	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs nephew	Unfit to plead – hospital order
11 May 2009	Anthony Robin	Belfast	Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed partner		Sentencing remarks
15 Dec 2008	Marek Seweryn	Omagh	Mentally ill woman fatally stabs her partmer while drinking	Diminished responsibility – jailed for four years	Sentencing Remarks Press summary
20 Aug 2007	William McClatchey	Belfast NI	Paranoid Schizophrenic with PD fatally stabs and dismembers victim then disposes body parts in wheelie bin		Sentencing
27 April 2007	William McMillan	Belfast	Psychotic alcoholic with Depression and PTSD fatally stabbed brother		Sentencing remarks
02 Feb 2007	Daniel Whyte	Belfast	Man with alcohol dependency syndrome fatally stabs friend		Appeal hearing
05 Jan 2006	Elaine Le Sauvage	Guernsey CI	Mentally ill man kills mother
18 Dec 2005	Patrick McGrath	Coalisland, Co Tyrone	Mentally ill man off meds with history of violence suffocates elderly postmaster and severely assaults sister
25 Oct 2005	Maureen Lyttle	Belfast	Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly batters mother (‘a ferocious beating’)	Long MH History & previously sectioned	Sentencing
12 Jul 2005	Lauren O’Neill (9)	Carryduff, Co.Antrim	MH homicide of daughter and herself	Ind Inq found catalogue of errors and missing notes	Inquiry Summary
18 Jul 2004	Geraldine Kane	Belfast	Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend 5 times, later attempts suicide	Previous attempts to kill
30 May 2004	Richard Caldwell	Belfast	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man	Manslaughter – life minimum 6 years / later allegedly stabbed man after release	Sentencing remarks
25 Jan 2004	Peter Ormiston	Ramsey, Isle of Man	Mentally disordered woman fatally stabbed her partner	Diminished responisbility – original 4.5 year imprisonment later overturned as unduly lenient
28 June 2003	New Born Baby	Enniskillen	Mentally ill teenager suffocates her baby
09 Mar 2003	Sharon Moore	Lisburn	Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed and mutilated woman, a month after release from Psych hospital	Ind Inq 2006. Known risk of violence to others, just released from Psych hospital	Inquiry
03 Nov 2001	Joe Black	Coleraine	Mentally disordered man fatally batters vulnerable acquaintance	History of previous violence – diminished responsibility
08 Jul 1999	Marion Hobbs	Portadown	MH/Psychotic stabbing of girlfriend
04 Jun 1999	Corien Fulton	Cookstown	Mentally disordered ex-soldier fatally shoots his wife	Convicted of manslaughter – 5 years imprisonment
16 Jan 1997	Pat Douglas	Belfast	Mentally disordered man fatally stabs wife with Alzheimers and attempts to stab himself	Alleged ‘Mercy killing’ – diminished responsibility – 3 yr probation
21 Feb 1995	Clara Joughlin (4)	Isle of Man	MH patient attacks two daughters, killing younger one	Ind Inq 1997. Long MH history	Inquiry
18 Jan 1994	Kieran Hegarty (11)	Strabane	MH patient abducted and killed schoolboy		Inquiry
4 Mar 1993	Alexander McNaught	Belfast	Mentally disordered man kills acquaintance

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