144 known cases 1993 – 2023
11 inquiry and official reports
Date | Victim | Location | Event | Comment | download |
19 Mar 2023 | Catherine Pryde (74) | Fishcross | Man with dementia fatally bludgeons his wife | Unfit to plead – sent to Carstairs | |
07 Mar 2023 | Michele Rutherford | Stirling | Mentally disordered woman repeatedly and fatally stabs care worker at supported accommodation | Culpable homicide – indef. Compulsion & Restriction order | |
19 Jun 2022 | William Fraser | Orkney | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabs his nephew | Culpable homicide – Diminished responsibility | |
03 Apr 2022 | Sherry Bruce | Aberdeen | Mentally disordered man fatally and repeatedly stabbed friend’s Mum | Sent to Carstairs | |
26 Dec 2021 | Denis Fell (73) Mary Fell (73) | Livingston | Severely mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his grandparents | Cupable Homicide – sent to Carstairs | |
17 Sept 2021 | Mohammed Salim Uddin | Inverkeithing | Paranoid schizophrenic with delusions fatally stabs co-worker | Didn’t accept he was ill or needed medication – Diminished responsibility | |
23 Apr 2021 | Charmaine O’Donnell | Helensburgh | Mentally disordered man fatally pushes stranger over pier railings into sea causing her to break her neck and drown | Previous history of assaults – sent to Carstairs | |
23 Feb 2021 | Alexander Gray (73) | Falkirk | Mentally disordered man fatally stabbed father 110 times believing him to be Satan | Sent to Carstairs | |
07 Dec 2020 | Morag Carmichael | Drumnadrochit | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed and battered his mother | Found not criminally responsible due to mental disorder | |
25 Jul 2020 | Catherine Campbell | Coatbridge | Psychotic woman repeatedly and fatally stabbed friend | Released from hospital month before as not requiring hospitalisation. | |
30 Jun 2020 | Xander Irvine (3) | Edinburgh | Confused elderly woman with dementia fatally loses control of car and kills toddler | Undiagnosed. Died before prosecution. Fatal Accident Inquiry found preventable. | FAI |
28 May 2020 | Gary MacKay Dwayne MacLeay | Inverness | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighbours believing they had atomic bomb | Didn’t believe he was ill – unfit to plead | |
07 Dec 2019 | Alan Geddes | Aberdeen | Paranoid and deluded former patient repeatedly and fatally stabs stranger on release from prison | History of violence, drug abuse, & psychosis – convicted of murder | Inquiry |
21 Oct 2019 | Frank Kinnis (83) | Barmuckity, Elgin | Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly batters elderly stranger before attacking two others and police | Previous warnings unheeded about deterioration in mental state. | |
10 Jul 2019 | Carol Milne | Aberdeen | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs his mother | She had previous raised concerns without success. | |
25 Jun 2019 | Ann Drummond | Bathgate | Mentally ill man fatally batters and sets on fire his former partner | Seen by Forensic MH services x3 before incident but released | |
30 May 2019 | Paul Smith | Edinburgh | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs a stranger | Long history of mental illness – recently released from prison | |
21 Dec 2018 | Joanne Gallacher | Biggar | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed ex-partner 57 times | Released from hospital that day despite family concerns | |
17 Dec 2018 | Roddy Loughton | Edinburgh | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally batters brother with hammer | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility | Sentencing |
11 Nov 2018 | Kane Morris (10) | Coupar Angus | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his young son and attacked young girl | Had barricaded front door hindering prompt access | |
01 Oct 2018 | Martyn Smyth (73) John Whyte (75) | Oban | Mentally ill man fatally batters, kicks and jumps on elderly neighbour & fatally punches another | ||
23 Dec 2017 | Rafal Rymarkiewicz | Perth | Mentally ill man fatally stabs man at Christmas party | Detained in Carstairs | |
22 Dec 2017 | Beverly Bliss | Carrutherstown | Mentally ill man fatally stabs mother and assaults her partner | Awaiting NHS investigation | |
20 Oct 2017 | Mark Johnston | Dundee | Psychiatric patient fatally stabbed best friend 120 times two days after discharging himself from hospital | Transferred due to lack of beds & walked out | Fatal Accident Inquiry |
25 Sep 2017 | Gordon Diduca | Dundee | Mentally disordered man kills man with knife and crossbow | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility | |
28 Apr 2017 | Patricia Gordon | Troon | Mentally disordered man fatally smothers wife | ||
12 Mar 2017 | Colin Skilbeck | Edinburgh | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabbed and threw boiling water over neighbour | ||
8 Mar 2017 | Anne Marie James | Wolverhampton | Recently released Edinburgh MH patient fatally stabs his sister and himself and assaults his mother | Inquest found failings in care contributed to the deaths | |
24 Sept 2016 | Nasreen Buksh | Glasgow | ‘Stressed’ husband fatally batters wife | Convicted of culpable homicide by diminished responsibility | |
3 Sep 2016 | Henry Wilson | Ayr | ‘Mentally tormented’ woman fatally smothers husband | Convicted of culpable homicide by diminished responsibility | |
26 Apr 2016 | Xin Xin Liu | Newton Mearns | Deluded mentally ill man fatally stabs wife 76 times | ||
16 Oct 2015 | John Taylor (91) | Daviot East | Demented patient fatally assaults vulnerable care home resident | History of aggressive behaviour | |
02 Feb 2015 | Chloe Sutherland (8 mnths) | Edinburgh | Post-natally depressed mother fatally smothers daughter | Unable to access care as baby ‘too old’ | INQUIRY |
4/5 Dec 2014 | Scott Chiriseri (5) | Alva | Psychotic woman fatally stabs and mutilates young son | Thought she was on a special mission from God | |
7 July 2014 | Andrew Main | Stenhousemuir | Psychotic man fatally batters and stabs father | Previous history of serious violence | |
19 May 2014 | Eileen Glassford | Uddingston | Insane man pushes woman into river where she drowns | Not guilty of murder by reason of insanity | |
15 Mar 2014 | Ryan McNeill | Glasgow | Mentally ill man repeatedly stabs stranger | Had previously attacked his father | |
28 Oct 2013 | Catherine Sandeman | Forfar | Psychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabs girlfriend | Previous warnings about deterioration in mental health | |
12 Aug 2013 | Alexander Glassford | Glasgow | Paranoid scizophrenic fatally stabs stranger | Long history of mental illness | |
05 Jul 2013 | Craig MacKenzie | Edinburgh | Mentally ill man fatally stabs acquaintance | Had previously killed | |
30 Apr – 7 May 2013 | Philomena Dunlevy | Edinburgh | Mentally ill man fatally batters and dismembers mother | ||
21 Mar 2013 | Ellen Ash (83) | Glasgow | Mentally disordered man fatally smothers mother | ||
24 Oct 2012 | Marie McCracken | East Kilbride | Mentally ill woman throws boiling water over friend then repeatedly and fatally batters her | Possible Medication problems | |
05 Oct 2012 | Anne Morris | Troon | Mentally ill man kills mother and attacks father who survives | Patient of Sussex Partnership Trust in England | Inquiry |
17 Jan 2012 | Carolyn Ellis | Edinburgh | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs former girlfriend in the head | Prev MH history, had previouly told Drs about violent fantasies | |
28 Oct 2011 | Jane Kelly | Powmill | Schizophrenic man fatally strangles and stabs girlfriend | Previous warnings | Inquiry |
18 Sep 2011 | Douglas Hill | Glasgow | Mentally ill man fatally batters friend | ||
15 Jul 2011 | Jane (Barbara) Cumming | Longforgan | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs wife and attempts suicide | Saw psychiatrist day before, but no beds available | |
24 June 2011 | Dawn McKenzie | Hamilton | Mentally disordered teenager fatally stabs foster mother | Released after five years | |
24 May 2011 | Michael Padden (84) | Dumbarton | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally punched and kicked father | Long MH history with violence, previously attacked Dad with axe | |
30 Mar 2011 | Robert Brereton | Forfar | Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally stabs former partner | Long MH history | |
19 Mar 2011 | Roger Gray | Edinburgh | Mentally ill man fatally stabs man 114 times | ||
07 Mar 2011 | Frances Craig | Glasgow | Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed mother 60 times | MH history – previous warnings of deteriorating mental health | |
23 Feb 2011 | Isabelle Cowley (4) | Inverness | Mentally disordered woman drowns her own daughter | ||
23 Nov 2010 | Karen Gallagher | Thornliebank | Mentally ill man fatally stabs girlfriend | ||
23 Oct 2010 | Michael Davis | Glasgow | Psychotic unmedicated mentally ill man fatally stabs stranger | Long MH history – Not taking medication | |
22 Jul 2010 | Margaret Burke | Blantyre | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs a family friend. | ||
18 Jul 2010 | Scott Margery | Stevenston | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man over £10 bet | History of violence | |
05 Jun 2010 | Marie-Rose McNeil | Rothesay, Isle of Bute | Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly battered his mother and attempted to remove her brain. Not taking meds | ||
12 Apr 2010 | Paulius Dzingus (new born) | Fraserburgh | Mentally disordered woman fatally suffocates her newborn baby with clingfilm | Had previously killed another child – diminished responsibility | Sentencing |
07 Feb 2010 | Ann Geddes | Camoustie | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally batters wife with axe | ||
31 Jul 2009 | Veronica Reid | Dundee | Severely mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs his mother four days after release from Psychiatric hospital | ||
20 Oct 2008 | May Bryson | Bellshill, Lanark | Insane man fatally and repeatedly batters wife and attempts to strangle her | ||
07 May 2008 | Ann Brown | Badnaban | Mentally ill man fatally and repeatedly stabs wife | Depression a significant factor | |
06 May 2008 | Satpal Ghusar | Bishopbriggs, Glasgow | Mentally ill man fatally stabs stepfather | ||
14 Jan 2008 | Charles Watson | Glasgow | Mentally disordered woman fatally stabbed husband | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility – 3 year sentence | |
16 Sept 2007 | Agnes Raffan | Arbroath | Mentally ill man fatally stabbed wife then tried to kill himself unsucessfully | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility | |
19 Aug 2007 | Jacqeline Hughes | Glasgow | Psychotic repeatedly stabbed and battered partner (in front of children) | Partner asked for him to be sectioned days before. MH wouldn’t discuss with her. Stopped meds | FAI report |
29 Jul 2007 | Sandy Allen | Dalkieth, Midlothian | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed father 26 times | ||
26 Jul 2007 | Alan Hughes | Glasgow | Psychotic man fatally stabbed and battered acquaintance | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility | |
21 Jun 2007 | Rosa Limney | Methil, Fife | Schizophrenic man fatally batters mother about the head 13 times with an axe | ||
07 Jun 2007 | Jim Ward | Ayr | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabbed father | Ind Inq 2009. Family warnings | Inquiry |
02 Apr 2007 | Ina Flaherty (69) | Glasgow | Man with Dementia fatally strangles wife | Avoids jail term but barred from pub | |
03 Mar 2007 | Susan Shivers | Glasgow | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs woman three times | ||
10 Jan 2007 | Mandy Williamson | Shetland Isles | Demented man fatally and repeated stabs wife (frenzied attack) then kills himself | No Investigation yet | |
27 Oct 2006 | Robert Ferguson | Larkhall | Mentally disordered man with brain damage fatally stabbed friend | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility – 6 year sentence | |
01 Sep 2006 | Donna Rule | Girvan, Ayrshire | Mentally ill man fatally batters wife with mallet | Dementia and depression | |
16 Jun 2006 | Michael Cameron | HMP Kilmarnock | Mentally disordered man fatally attacks, kicks and stamps on fellow prisoner | Culpable homicide – diminished responsibility | |
05 Jun 2006 | Kevin Keegan | Paisley | Schizophrenic fatally stabbed acquaintance 29 times | Serious drug and alcohol problems | |
23 Mar 2005 | Alexander Pullar | Cumbernauld | Insane teenager repeatedly and fatally batters stranger | Convicted of murder | |
27 Feb 2005 | Susan Third (21) | Aberdeen | Psychotic mentally ill man strangles woman | Released after 4 years but recalled 7 months later | |
21 Oct 2004 | Stuart Robertson | Glasgow | MH patient killed victim with hammer | Prev discharged from psych hospital. History of serious violence | Inquiry |
21 Sep 2004 | Christine MacCowan | Balmedie | Mentally ill man batters wife with sledgehammer and strangles her | Depressive illness, Suicide attempts. Detained in psych hospital | |
14 Jul 2004 | Thomas Boyle | Glasgow | Mentally ill woman fatally stabs husband | Released after 18 months | |
17 Apr 2004 | Billy Clark | Ellon, Aberdeenshire | Psychotic man kills brother by running over him with a tractor (insane) | ||
06 Apr 2004 | William Meldrum | Edinburgh | Psychotic man repeatedly stabs and batters stepfather and cuts off his hand | Defence QC said he was ‘quite, quite mad’ | |
14 Nov 2003 | John Leather | Sanquhar | Depressive man fatally and repeatedly stabs father with two samurai swords | Guilty by diminished responsibility due to depressive mental illness | |
25 Dec 2002 | Brendan Gorrie | Leith | Mentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally batters son around head (then attempts suicide) | ||
11 Dec 2002 | Thomas McKendrick | Bathgate | Paranoid schizophrenic repeatedly & fatally battered friend, then drank some of his blood | Later suicide in prison | FAI Report |
25 Sep 2002 | Erin Gilmour (5) | Stonehouse, Lanarkshire | Mentally ill mother repeatedly and fatally battered daughter with claw hammer (and attacked another daughter) | ||
24 Jun 2002 | George Williamson | Edinburgh | Paranoid Schizophrenic batters stranger pensioner who subsequently dies | Long MH history | |
18 Oct 2001 | Caleb Ness (2 mnths) | Edinburgh | Mentally disordered man repeatedly & fatally shook baby | NHS Lothian case | |
12 Aug 2001 | John McClelland | Aberdeen | Schizophrenic fatally batters acquaintance with breeze block | History of not taking meds. Prev violence. D&A problems | |
10 Mar 2001 | Luke Gargan (4) | Lochwinnoch, Ayrshire | Insane man fatally batters child | ||
16 Feb 2001 | Eileen Howie | Turriff, Aberdeenshire | Insane man batters mother to death and sets fire to house | ||
01 Feb 2001 | Kenneth Greenan | Glasgow | Schizophrenic fatally stabs partner | MH history | |
21 Jan 2001 | Archibald Jeffrey (82) | Kirkcudbright | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally punches, kicks and throttles stranger | ||
23 Sept 2000 | Rosina Mason | Cruden Bay | Mentally disordered man fatally strangled wife | 18 months imprisonment | |
27 Oct 1999 | Derek Campbell (6) | Glasgow | Psychotic mother throws six year old from 14th floor of tower block | Prev MH history of depression | |
19 Oct 1999 | William Scott | Condorrat | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs stranger | Long previous MH history with violence | |
15 Oct 1999 | John Dillon | Glasgow | MH patient fatally stabs another in Ruchill Hospital | ||
Oct 1999 | John Houston Sinnamon | Glasgow | Insane ex-boxer fatally drowns witness to killing of Thomas Morgan | Sent to Carstairs | |
Sept 1999 | Thomas Morgan | Glasgow | insane ex-boxer fatally drowns acquaintance | Sent to Carstairs | |
13 Apr 1999 | Frances Storrier | Haddington | Mentally ill & deluded man fatally batters wife with a hammer | Sent to Carstairs | |
28 Feb 1999 | Diane Hopkins | Polbeth | Recently released mental patient kills partner | ||
14 Jan 1999 | Ian Galbraith | Inverary | Mentally disordered woman fatally shoots husband | Changed law in Scotland on culpable homicide & diminsihed responsibility | |
05 Sept 1998 | James Heeney | New Stevenston | Schizophrenic man repeatedly and fatally batters man | Diminished responsibility, sent to Carstairs | |
29 Jul 1998 | Tracey Homer | Glasgow | Mentally ill man strangles woman in Glasgow then bludgeons man to death in London 4 days later | Long history of violence – trial heard illness due to abuse and psychopathy | |
21 Jun 1998 | Simon McCaskill | Edinburgh | Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs father in the heart & face then wounds mother | ||
02 Apr 1998 | Louise Miller (7) Kevin Miller (7) | Kilwinning | Mentally ill mother poisons children then attempts suicide | ||
11 Mar 1998 | Coral Frerichs | Callender | Psychotic mentally ill man kills woman whilst driving recklessly ‘to escape mafia’ | MH history – licence not confiscated despite medical requests | |
12 Dec 97 | Hugh Ferris | Glasgow | Paranoid schizophrenic ties up and fatally punches man during burglary | Finding of facts in 2015 | |
26 Nov 1997 | Amanda Duncan | Dundee | Recently released psychiatric patient sets his flat on fire killing young woman in the flat above | Released after five years – committed further serious offences | |
27 Aug 1997 | Alexander McGibbon (19m) | Edinburgh | Depressed mother fatally smothered & suffocated her baby | Seen by psychiatrist in hospital days before but allowed to go home | |
21 Aug 1997 | Lesley Bessant | Govan | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs wife with a screwdriver in a public street | Diminished responsibility | |
16 Jul 1997 | Lizzie Duffy | Glasgow | Mentally ill man rapes woman and fatally throws her out of window on 6th floor flats | Extensive history of Mental illness and violence | Appeal |
24 Jun 1997 | Angela Thomson (17) | Irvine | Mentally ill man fatally batters and mutilates young girl | NHS Ayrshire probe announced but not published (?) | |
05 Jun 1997 | James Kidd (86) | Renfrew | Depressed man fatally strangled father | ||
02 Jun 1997 | Benny McGurk | Castle Douglas | Schizophrenic bludgeons father to death, saws off head and kicks it around car park | ||
12 Apr 1997 | Margaret Trench (79) | Paisley | Mentally ill man fatally stabs and strangles elderly grandmother | ||
12 Dec 1996 | Desmond Hughes | Broxborn | Depressed woman fatally stabbed her partner | Sentenced to Three years probation | |
16 Oct 1996 | Colin MacDonald (16) | Aberdeen | Mentally disordered boy fatally stabs teenager | ||
16 Jun 1996 | John Jessiman (79) | Huntly | Schizophrenic man repeatedly and fatally batters grandfather with hammer | Report sent to MWCS (but not published?) | |
03 May 1996 | Francis Keenan | Glasgow | Paranoid schizophrenic who had killed before repeatedly and fatally stabs stranger | ||
02 Nov 1995 | Raymond Armstrong | Paisley | Mentally ill man fatally bludgeons friend with masonry | Diminished responsibility | |
22 Sept 1995 | Heather Grant | Coatbridge | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed girlfriend | ||
14 Aug 1995 | James Gatt (92) | Aberdeen | Paranoid schizophrenic fatally battered and stabbed grandfather | long MH history | |
25 Jun 1995 | Patricia Hunter | Grangemouth | Mentally ill and psychotic man fatally strangled wife believing her to be a zombie | ||
25 Mar 1995 | Heather Pringle | Edinburgh | Mentally disordered man fatally battered and strangled his wife | Culpable homicide with diminished responsibility – 8 year sentence | |
11 Feb 1995 | Lawrence Leydon | Edinburgh | Mentally ill man bordering on insanity repeatedly and fatally stabbed neighbour | Sentenced to 7 years after convicted of culpable homicide with diminished reponsibility | |
19 Oct 1994 | Dr Donald MacKay | Airdrie | Mentally disordered man fatally stabbed GP | ||
10 Oct 1994 | Eoghan Moy (2 weeks old) | Dumbarton | Mentally ill man threw two week old baby off bridge fatally | Not guilty by reason of insanity | |
Oct 1994 | Sandra Bradley | Glenrothes | Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally batters wife with a spade | Culpable homicide due to mental disorder ‘bordering on insanity | |
07 Sept 1994 | Dorothy McLeish (72) | Glasgow | Man with dementia fatally strangled his wife | ||
Jun-94 | PC Lewis Fulton | Glasgow | MH patient fatally stabbed policeman | Ind Inq | |
21 Feb-1994 | Brendan Holmes (3) | Largs | Mentally ill psychotic woman fatally stabs son 11 times | On release from Psychiatric ward at hospital at time | |
Feb 1994 | Brian Jeffrey | Glasgow | Mentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally strangled and stabbed friend | Culpable homicide – sentenced to 10 years | |
14 Jan 1994 | Mary Scott (81) | Edinburgh | Depressed and psychotic woman fatally strangled mother | Culpable homicide on basis of diminished responsibility | |
31 May 1993 | Jennifer Gemma Chalmers (7 wks) | Perth | Mentally disordered woman fatally strangled her baby | Culpable homicide – detained in psychiatric hospital |
is the man who killed my father john mcclelland in aberdeen still in prison ? i hope you rot in hell