South Central England

126 known cases 1993 – 2023
54 inquiry reports

DateVictimLocationEventCommentdownload
20 May 2023Christine Sergeant (73)Milton KeynesMentally ill man fatally strangles his wifeDiminished responsibility – hospital order
20 Apr 2022Susan Farrance

Jeffrey Farrance
Bourne End Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs vulnerable neighbours then stabs himself, fatallyNHS Investigation Inquest due 2024Ind Inv
27 Nov 2021Richard LaversuchParklands Hospital, BasingstokeSchizophrenic man who had previously threatened to kill, fatally strangled fellow patient and seriously assaulted othersJudge said killing was ‘entirely avoidable’ after a ‘litany of errors’ Diminished Responsibility. Sec 37/41Sentencing remarks
22 Oct 2021Max MaguireLymingtonMentally disordered man fatally stabs man after rowConvicted of manslaughter – Sec 45a – 16 years imprisonment – 4 years on licenceSentencing remarks
17 Oct 2021Leonid LaboshinOxfordDeluded man with schizophrenia repeatedly and fatally stabbed his housemateIndefinite detention – Sec 37/41 
26 Jun 2021Richard WoodcockMilton KeynesMentally ill man fatally batters his neighbour with a kettlebell after he tried to help family. Later shot dead by policeFamily made repeated attempts to get MH care and treatment unsuccessfullyCoroner’s PFD
06 Apr 2021John BamfordWendoverParanoid schizophrenic fatally punches, kicks and stabs his fatherDiminished responsibility – Sec 37/41 MHA
01 Apr 2021Emma McArthurThatchamMentally disordered former soldier repeatedly and fatally stabbed ex-partnerRecently released from psychiatric hospital
23 Oct 2020Carole WrightWatlingtonMan with paranoid schizophrenia fatally battered, strangled and mutilated his motherNot guilty by reason of insanity
05 Aug 2020James NashUpper EnhamPsychotic and deluded man fatally shot and stamped on neighbourPrevious MH history – family had tried to get help beforehand
20 Jun 2020David Wails

Joe Ritchie-Bennett

James Furlong
ReadingMentally disordered man fatally stabbed three strangersLone actor terrorist case. Convicted of Murder – whole life termCoroner’s PFD

Inquest Findings
05 Feb 2020John PerrySouthamptonMentally disordered man fatally strangles his fatherLong MH history – Saw MH workers immediately after incident 
01 Jul 2019Joanna ThompsonHambledonMentally ill teenager killed his motherPleaded guilty to Diminished responsibility – later died before trial 
24 Mar 2019Hedley Robinson (86)Newport PagnallMentally ill man fatally assaults elderly father and then attacks motherhistory of MH problems – just released from police custody after assaulting emergency workerInquest PFD 
18 Feb 2019Melsadie Parris (3)TaplowPsychotic woman threw herself and young daughter in front of trainInquest heard psychosis was insufficiently treatedInquest PFD
29 Oct 2018Dr Barry HounsomeGosportMentally ill teenager kills man with hammer and electric drillsCommand voices told him to kill 
07 July 2018Lorna MyersAylesburyPsychotic man fatally stabbed mother and attacked anotherFamily had been trying to get him help 
10 Apr 2018Miroslaw JanuszkiewiczBracknellMentally ill man fatally batters and stamps on strangerNot taking meds – Family tried to get him helpCourt of Appeal
29 Dec 2017Joy GreenWindsorMentally ill man fatally batters elderly motherunfit to plead – trial of the facts 
24 Dec 2017Mark Whittow

Shane Stokes
Between Junction 10-11 M40Confused man with Alzheimers stops on motorway causing collision which killed two people  
07 Dec 2017Ella ParkerMilton KeynesMentally ill man fatally stabs pregnant womanWalked out of psych unit day before 
15 May 2017Baby MAldershotYoung mother fatally batters newborn daughter whilst ‘balance of mind disturbed’Convicted of Infanticide
14 Mar 2017Tyler Warmington (5)Faringdon, OxonMentally ill woman repeatedly & fatally stabs five year old sonConvicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibilityInquiry

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12 – 13 Feb 2017Carl ScottWinchesterSchizophrenic man fatally battered and stabbed man Sentencing

Inquiry Summary
2 Oct 2016Jackie PattendenCrowthorneMentally ill man fatally stabs partner  
6 July 2016Albertina Choules (81)MarlowMentally ill man batters stranger and sets her body alightConvicted of Manslaughter by diminished responsibility 
1 Jun 2016Keziah Flux Edmonds (6)East Cowes, IoWDepressed man fatally drowns daughter and takes his own lifeMH historySCR
Inquiry
7 Dec 2015Justin SkrebowskiAbingdonPsychotic man fatally stabs strangerLong history of MH problems & violence. Had prev made threats to killInquiry

Appeal Court
21 Nov 2015Josephine Williamson (83)WokinghamDepressed man pushes wife down stairs & strangles her  
20 Mar 2015Nick BeattieSouthamptonMentally disordered man fatally battered disabled and vulnerable acquaintanceConvicted of MurderInquiry
17 Aug 2014Sandra TalmanNewburyPsychotic man with history of depression fatally strangled wifeRecently seen by MH servicesDHR Exec Summ

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11 Aug 2014Tommy Sheldon (5)Hursley, WinchesterPsychotic woman sets car on fire with herself and children in it killing her sonChild was found with antidepressants in bloodstream 
24 Jun 2014John WilldigSouthamptonParanoid schizophrenic fatally stabs pensionerMH historyInquiry
25 Apr 2014Mrs BSouthseaDemented man with history of violence assaults fellow care home residentNot prosecutedSafeguarding Adults Review
17 Feb 2014Karolina NowikiewiczSloughDepressed man fatally slits woman’s throatHad recently stopped meds 
23 Nov 2013Annie Beaver (81)HavantMan with dementia fatally stabbed wife  
11 May 2013Keith BevisPortsmouthParanoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man 38 times24 year history of mental illness – ‘revolving door’ patientINQUIRY REPORT
31 Jan 2013Mark AustinAylesburyLong Term MH patient fatally attacks manLong MH history w violence – previous hospital orderInquiry
12 Aug 2012Vittoria BakerOxfordSchizophrenic woman fatally stabs mother two days after release from psychiatric hospitalEvidence MH Trust knew she was a risk. Victim also MH patientDHR/ Inquiry
20 May 2012Deborah MorrisRyde, Isle of WightMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs wife (later suicide)History of serious mental illness 
16 Mar 2012Darren LockNewburyMentally ill man fatally stabs man Inquiry

Inquiry follow up report

02 Aug 2011John WilliamsCamberleyMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs man Inquiry
19 Apr 2011Anita BawtreeSouthamptonPsychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabbed partnerExtensive Drug history. Recently released from MHAInquiry

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21 Aug 2010Christopher VarianThameParanoid schizophrenic decapitates boss with cheese knifeLong MH history with violence 
26 May 2010Newborn babyFleetMentally disordered teenage mother repeatedly and fatally stabs her new born babyInfanticide – 12 month community supervision
25 Feb 2010Stephanie Bellinger

Lili Bellinger (10 mths)
TottonMentally ill man fatally stabs partner and daughter  
27 Jan 2010Annelise Storrar

Duncan Storrar
ReadingPsychotic man drives at speed into couple’s car killing them bothLong MH History. Had been taken to psych hospital that day yet discharged 
22 Aug 2009Rosina TillyerBurghfield CommonDepressed man fatally batters partner and kills himself  
02 Jul 2009John McCarthyWaterloovilleDeluded Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed friend thinking he was on mission to assassinate IRALong MH History – recently released from Psych hospitalInquiry
16 Aug 2008Sally SinclairAmport, AndoverDepressive fatally and repeatedly stabs wife  
03 Aug 2007Patrick O’Connell (4)WinchesterMentally disordered man fatally smothers son after stabbing partnerConvicted of Diminished responsibility of son – Murder for partner
Sep 2006Valerie RhodesShanklin IoWMentally ill man pushes stranger off cliff wall fatally injuring her  
23 Apr 2006Elizabeth CookLangley, BerksParanoid schizophrenic fatally stabs motherInd Inq 2006Inquiry
22 Dec 2005Nokukhanya MkhontaSouthamptonPsychotic (depressive) fatally and repeatedly stabbed girlfriend  
11 Sep 2005Stephen Bayliss (16)

Nuttawut Nadauld (14)
Finchampstead, BerksPsychotic man kills teenagers  
29 Mar 2005Patrick MarkcrowLong CrendonDepressed woman fatally drugged and suffocated adult disabled sonDiminished responsibility – suspended sentence
05 Jan 2005Sarah SmartOxfordDepressive MH patient fatally stabs ex-wifeInd Inq 2005 Recent contact w servicesInquiry
02 Dec 2004Simeon ClaxtonPetersfield, HampshireMentally ill man fatally stabs friend then commits suicide (victim was also mentally ill)Ind Inq 2007- previous inpatientInquiry

Summary

21 Sep 2004Judith KimberPortsmouthParanoid Schizophrenic with history of violence fatally smothers mother Inquiry
01 Aug 2004Ben Cargill (Mr D)Chesham, BucksMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed former flatmateInd Inq 2006Inquiry
18 Mar 2004Angela StanyerTilehurstPsychotic mentally ill man kills woman he believes to be a witch by setting her house on fire.  
03 Jun 2003Alison GableThealeSectioned MH patient on day release kills girlfriendInd Rev 2004 – originally unpubl. Not in public interestInquiry
20 May 2003Mary JohnsonFarehamMentally ill man fatally strangles his wifeDiminished responsibility – 3 year community rehabilitation order 
28 Jan 2003Michael Rogers

Dorothy Rogers
Milton KeynesPsychotic kills woman and son – (wanted to be serial killer)Guilty to man-slaughter 
19 Dec 2002Rena WestMilton KeynesSchizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed mother and attempted to kill himself (unsuccessfully)
12 Dec 2002Theresa Francis

Elizabeth Francis (84)
Ropley, HantsPsychotic bludgeons grandmother and aunt to deathindefinite detention under MHA 
16 Jul 2002Camilla Petersen (15)Brading, Isle of WightMentally disordered ex-Broadmoor patient fatally strangles young exchange studentPrevious convictions for sexual offences against children – convicted of murder – Life
01 Sep 2002Carolyn Hopcroft

John Hopcroft
Aylesbury, BucksParanoid schizophrenic fatally & repeatedly stabbed parents with large knifeInd Inq (Lost by Trust!) 
13 Jun 2002Christina AustinSouthamptonMentally ill man fatally strangles wifeLong MH history. Tried to kill wife twice before 
31 May 2002Tristian LovelockBasingstokeMentally ill man killed victim with knife, dismembered body and scattered remains on housing estateInd Inq. sent to Broadmoor 
05 May 2002Wendy HolmesChesham, BucksSchizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed neighbourDrug user. Ind InqHigh Court
11 Apr 2002Catherine OgramAldershotSchizophrenic fatally punched and stabbed his girlfriendLong history of MI – clear warning signs beforehandInquiry
01 Feb 2002Michelle AdamsPortsmouthParanoid schizophrenic fatally bludgeons woman with iron barVictim was caller to the house & mother of five 
12 Jan 2002Hugh MacDdonaldHedge EndMentally ill teenager fatally and repeatedly stabs fatherSent to Broadmoor
05 Jan 2002Stephanie WhittakerDidcotMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed wifeDiminished responsibility – depression 
17 Nov 2001Norette RuzindanaOxfordParanoid schizophrenic strangles wife  
02 Nov 2001Elizabeth Sellers AldershotMH patient set fire to home killing motherJoint Ind Inq 2005 – previous suicide attemptsInquiry
23 Aug 2001Patrick GarwoodAldershotMentally ill woman fatally stabbed victimJoint Ind Inq 2005Inquiry
24 May 2001Morris Short (81)AbingdonMentallly ill man fatally shot stepfather with air rifleInd inq. 
29 Mar 2001Necati SamilogluReadingMentally disordered man fatally battered business partnerDiminished responsibility 
06 Aug 2000Ben Pepall (4)GosportPsychiatric patient stabs children day after dis-charging himself from hospitalLater suicide 
28 Mar 2000Stella BetambeauAldershotMentally disordered man strangles wifesentenced to 2 months probation (!) – diminished responsibility
23 Feb 2000Valerie SextonGosportMH patient strangled wifeInd Inq 2004Inquiry
19 Oct 1999Richard Turnbull

Robert Turnbull
Bembridge IoWDepressive drugged and smothered disabled sonsInd Review 2001 
16 Sep 1999Katie KazmiReadingSchizophrenic ex Broadmoor inmate fatally stabs stranger 77 timesInd Inq 2002. ‘damning indictment of incomptence and complacencyInquiry
18 Mar 1999David CloseFareham HantsMH patient drove at high speed into back of parked car killing pensioner instantly,Ind Inq. 2000Summary
27 Jan 1999Terry A’CourtGosportMan with schizophrenia repeatedly and fatally stabbed his step-fatherDiminished responsibility – indefinitely detained
25 Dec 1998Bernard LawteyMaidenheadMentally disordered man fatally stabbed vulnerable friend in supported accomodationUnfit to plead – indefinite hospital order
09 Apr 1998Anthony HarrisonAndoverDetained MH patient leaves hospital and fatally stabs manInd Inq 2001. Later hanged himself at BroadmoorInquiry

Summary

24 Dec 1997Lena Huntingford (84)Lindford, HantsMH homicide of mother during exorcismInd Inq 2001Inquiry

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26 Oct 1997Rita RiddlesworthBracknellEx Broadmoor patient kills girlfriend and then himselfHad killed his parents and grandparents (4 people) in 1969
10 Oct 1997Thelma AllumMaidenhead, BerksMH homicide of wife, after attacking mother days earlierInd Inq 2000Inquiry
25 Apr 1997Eileen CameronReading, BerksMH homicide of motherInd Inq 2000Inquiry
29 Nov 1996Patricia EskeSouthamptonMH homicide of motherInd Inq 1998Inquiry
22 Aug 1996Louise CampbellChalfont St PeterMentally ill man fatally stabbed wifeDiminished responsibility case 
20 Aug 1996Vivienne Gumbs (Black)SloughSchizophrenic man fatally stabbed ex partner in front of her work colleaguesDiminished responsibility – sent to Broadmoor
04 Jun 1996Kenneth LongmanBasingstokeMH homicide of father by setting him on fireInd Inq 2001Inquiry

 

Summary

31 Dec 1995Lorna ThomasMilton KeynesMH man stabbed his girlfriendInd Inq 2000Inquiry
23 Nov 1995Barry BosleyTadley, HantsMentally disordered & paranoid woman fatally stabs her husband and then takes her own life in prison
20 Aug 1995Bachan Singh BajwaSloughPsychotic man with depression fatally cut bride’s grandfather’s throat at wedding party
26 Jun 1995Susan Hearmon

Kylie Marie Roberts (6)

Julie Ann Lowell (4)
AbingdonMH patient sets home alight killing landlady and two daughters  
01 Apr 1995Michael McMurtyHayling IslandMentally ill man fatally strangled and stabbed man and left body on a beachDiminished responsibility – later suicide in Broadmoor
01 Jan 1995Dawn MorganBurnhamMentally disordered man & recent patient fatally battered his wife with a hammer – later took his own lifeInquest found she’d been unlawfully killed
22 Nov 1994Audrey FisherKiln Green, BerksMentally ill man fatally stabbed his motherPreviously killed his girlfriend & been released 
13 Apr 1994Sara AlesworthAylesbury, BucksMentally ill GP fatally batters daughter 14 times with club hammer then stabs herMH history 
25 Feb 1994Louise Murrie (9)SouthendMH homicide of daughter by suffocationInd Inq 1999Inquiry
05 Dec 1993Dr Barry Taylor

Janet Taylor
SouthseaMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs woman and kills her husband with hammerAlso killed family dog 
09 Oct 1993Jonathan NewbyOxfordPsychotic fatally attacked volunteer care workerInd Inq 1995, previously sectionedInquiry
19 Aug 1993Margaret Godfrey

Susan Godfrey

Florence Jeffrey (78)
OxfordMentally ill man kills wife, daughter and mother in law with lump hammer25 yr MH history, previously attacked first wife with hammer 
12 Jan 1993Jordan Strudwick (baby)St Mary’s hospital PortsmouthMentally ill mother poisoned babyDetained ‘indefinitely’ in hospital 

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