South Central England

126 known cases 1993 – 2023
54 inquiry reports

Date	Victim	Location	Event	Comment	download
20 May 2023	Christine Sergeant (73)	Milton Keynes	Mentally ill man fatally strangles his wife	Diminished responsibility – hospital order
20 Apr 2022	Susan Farrance Jeffrey Farrance	Bourne End	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs vulnerable neighbours then stabs himself, fatally	NHS Investigation Inquest due 2024	Ind Inv
27 Nov 2021	Richard Laversuch	Parklands Hospital, Basingstoke	Schizophrenic man who had previously threatened to kill, fatally strangled fellow patient and seriously assaulted others	Judge said killing was ‘entirely avoidable’ after a ‘litany of errors’ Diminished Responsibility. Sec 37/41	Sentencing remarks
22 Oct 2021	Max Maguire	Lymington	Mentally disordered man fatally stabs man after row	Convicted of manslaughter – Sec 45a – 16 years imprisonment – 4 years on licence	Sentencing remarks
17 Oct 2021	Leonid Laboshin	Oxford	Deluded man with schizophrenia repeatedly and fatally stabbed his housemate	Indefinite detention – Sec 37/41
26 Jun 2021	Richard Woodcock	Milton Keynes	Mentally ill man fatally batters his neighbour with a kettlebell after he tried to help family. Later shot dead by police	Family made repeated attempts to get MH care and treatment unsuccessfully	Coroner’s PFD
06 Apr 2021	John Bamford	Wendover	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally punches, kicks and stabs his father	Diminished responsibility – Sec 37/41 MHA
01 Apr 2021	Emma McArthur	Thatcham	Mentally disordered former soldier repeatedly and fatally stabbed ex-partner	Recently released from psychiatric hospital
23 Oct 2020	Carole Wright	Watlington	Man with paranoid schizophrenia fatally battered, strangled and mutilated his mother	Not guilty by reason of insanity
05 Aug 2020	James Nash	Upper Enham	Psychotic and deluded man fatally shot and stamped on neighbour	Previous MH history – family had tried to get help beforehand
20 Jun 2020	David Wails Joe Ritchie-Bennett James Furlong	Reading	Mentally disordered man fatally stabbed three strangers	Lone actor terrorist case. Convicted of Murder – whole life term	Coroner’s PFD Inquest Findings
05 Feb 2020	John Perry	Southampton	Mentally disordered man fatally strangles his father	Long MH history – Saw MH workers immediately after incident
01 Jul 2019	Joanna Thompson	Hambledon	Mentally ill teenager killed his mother	Pleaded guilty to Diminished responsibility – later died before trial
24 Mar 2019	Hedley Robinson (86)	Newport Pagnall	Mentally ill man fatally assaults elderly father and then attacks mother	history of MH problems – just released from police custody after assaulting emergency worker	Inquest PFD
18 Feb 2019	Melsadie Parris (3)	Taplow	Psychotic woman threw herself and young daughter in front of train	Inquest heard psychosis was insufficiently treated	Inquest PFD
29 Oct 2018	Dr Barry Hounsome	Gosport	Mentally ill teenager kills man with hammer and electric drills	Command voices told him to kill
07 July 2018	Lorna Myers	Aylesbury	Psychotic man fatally stabbed mother and attacked another	Family had been trying to get him help
10 Apr 2018	Miroslaw Januszkiewicz	Bracknell	Mentally ill man fatally batters and stamps on stranger	Not taking meds – Family tried to get him help	Court of Appeal
29 Dec 2017	Joy Green	Windsor	Mentally ill man fatally batters elderly mother	unfit to plead – trial of the facts
24 Dec 2017	Mark Whittow Shane Stokes	Between Junction 10-11 M40	Confused man with Alzheimers stops on motorway causing collision which killed two people
07 Dec 2017	Ella Parker	Milton Keynes	Mentally ill man fatally stabs pregnant woman	Walked out of psych unit day before
15 May 2017	Baby M	Aldershot	Young mother fatally batters newborn daughter whilst ‘balance of mind disturbed’	Convicted of Infanticide
14 Mar 2017	Tyler Warmington (5)	Faringdon, Oxon	Mentally ill woman repeatedly & fatally stabs five year old son	Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished reponsibility	Inquiry SCR Full SCR Exec Summary SCR Learning
12 – 13 Feb 2017	Carl Scott	Winchester	Schizophrenic man fatally battered and stabbed man		Sentencing Inquiry Summary
2 Oct 2016	Jackie Pattenden	Crowthorne	Mentally ill man fatally stabs partner
6 July 2016	Albertina Choules (81)	Marlow	Mentally ill man batters stranger and sets her body alight	Convicted of Manslaughter by diminished responsibility
1 Jun 2016	Keziah Flux Edmonds (6)	East Cowes, IoW	Depressed man fatally drowns daughter and takes his own life	MH history	SCR Inquiry
7 Dec 2015	Justin Skrebowski	Abingdon	Psychotic man fatally stabs stranger	Long history of MH problems & violence. Had prev made threats to kill	Inquiry Appeal Court
21 Nov 2015	Josephine Williamson (83)	Wokingham	Depressed man pushes wife down stairs & strangles her
20 Mar 2015	Nick Beattie	Southampton	Mentally disordered man fatally battered disabled and vulnerable acquaintance	Convicted of Murder	Inquiry
17 Aug 2014	Sandra Talman	Newbury	Psychotic man with history of depression fatally strangled wife	Recently seen by MH services	DHR Exec Summ DHR Full
11 Aug 2014	Tommy Sheldon (5)	Hursley, Winchester	Psychotic woman sets car on fire with herself and children in it killing her son	Child was found with antidepressants in bloodstream
24 Jun 2014	John Willdig	Southampton	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs pensioner	MH history	Inquiry
25 Apr 2014	Mrs B	Southsea	Demented man with history of violence assaults fellow care home resident	Not prosecuted	Safeguarding Adults Review
17 Feb 2014	Karolina Nowikiewicz	Slough	Depressed man fatally slits woman’s throat	Had recently stopped meds
23 Nov 2013	Annie Beaver (81)	Havant	Man with dementia fatally stabbed wife
11 May 2013	Keith Bevis	Portsmouth	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs man 38 times	24 year history of mental illness – ‘revolving door’ patient	INQUIRY REPORT
31 Jan 2013	Mark Austin	Aylesbury	Long Term MH patient fatally attacks man	Long MH history w violence – previous hospital order	Inquiry
12 Aug 2012	Vittoria Baker	Oxford	Schizophrenic woman fatally stabs mother two days after release from psychiatric hospital	Evidence MH Trust knew she was a risk. Victim also MH patient	DHR/ Inquiry
20 May 2012	Deborah Morris	Ryde, Isle of Wight	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs wife (later suicide)	History of serious mental illness
16 Mar 2012	Darren Lock	Newbury	Mentally ill man fatally stabs man		Inquiry Inquiry follow up report
02 Aug 2011	John Williams	Camberley	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs man		Inquiry
19 Apr 2011	Anita Bawtree	Southampton	Psychotic man fatally and repeatedly stabbed partner	Extensive Drug history. Recently released from MHA	Inquiry DHR
21 Aug 2010	Christopher Varian	Thame	Paranoid schizophrenic decapitates boss with cheese knife	Long MH history with violence
26 May 2010	Newborn baby	Fleet	Mentally disordered teenage mother repeatedly and fatally stabs her new born baby	Infanticide – 12 month community supervision
25 Feb 2010	Stephanie Bellinger Lili Bellinger (10 mths)	Totton	Mentally ill man fatally stabs partner and daughter
27 Jan 2010	Annelise Storrar Duncan Storrar	Reading	Psychotic man drives at speed into couple’s car killing them both	Long MH History. Had been taken to psych hospital that day yet discharged
22 Aug 2009	Rosina Tillyer	Burghfield Common	Depressed man fatally batters partner and kills himself
02 Jul 2009	John McCarthy	Waterlooville	Deluded Paranoid Schizophrenic fatally stabbed friend thinking he was on mission to assassinate IRA	Long MH History – recently released from Psych hospital	Inquiry
16 Aug 2008	Sally Sinclair	Amport, Andover	Depressive fatally and repeatedly stabs wife
03 Aug 2007	Patrick O’Connell (4)	Winchester	Mentally disordered man fatally smothers son after stabbing partner	Convicted of Diminished responsibility of son – Murder for partner
09 Sep 2006	Valerie Rhodes	Shanklin IoW	Mentally ill man pushes stranger off cliff wall fatally injuring her	Unfit to plead – indefinite hospital order
23 Apr 2006	Elizabeth Cook	Langley, Berks	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally stabs mother	Ind Inq 2006	Inquiry
22 Dec 2005	Nokukhanya Mkhonta	Southampton	Psychotic (depressive) fatally and repeatedly stabbed girlfriend
11 Sep 2005	Stephen Bayliss (16) Nuttawut Nadauld (14)	Finchampstead, Berks	Psychotic man kills teenagers
29 Mar 2005	Patrick Markcrow	Long Crendon	Depressed woman fatally drugged and suffocated adult disabled son	Diminished responsibility – suspended sentence
05 Jan 2005	Sarah Smart	Oxford	Depressive MH patient fatally stabs ex-wife	Ind Inq 2005 Recent contact w services	Inquiry
02 Dec 2004	Simeon Claxton	Petersfield, Hampshire	Mentally ill man fatally stabs friend then commits suicide (victim was also mentally ill)	Ind Inq 2007- previous inpatient	Inquiry Summary
21 Sep 2004	Judith Kimber	Portsmouth	Paranoid Schizophrenic with history of violence fatally smothers mother		Inquiry
01 Aug 2004	Ben Cargill (Mr D)	Chesham, Bucks	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed former flatmate	Ind Inq 2006	Inquiry
18 Mar 2004	Angela Stanyer	Tilehurst	Psychotic mentally ill man kills woman he believes to be a witch by setting her house on fire.
03 Jun 2003	Alison Gable	Theale	Sectioned MH patient on day release kills girlfriend	Ind Rev 2004 – originally unpubl. Not in public interest	Inquiry
20 May 2003	Mary Johnson	Fareham	Mentally ill man fatally strangles his wife	Diminished responsibility – 3 year community rehabilitation order
28 Jan 2003	Michael Rogers Dorothy Rogers	Milton Keynes	Psychotic kills woman and son – (wanted to be serial killer)	Guilty to man-slaughter
19 Dec 2002	Rena West	Milton Keynes	Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed mother and attempted to kill himself (unsuccessfully)
12 Dec 2002	Theresa Francis Elizabeth Francis (84)	Ropley, Hants	Psychotic bludgeons grandmother and aunt to death	indefinite detention under MHA
16 Jul 2002	Camilla Petersen (15)	Brading, Isle of Wight	Mentally disordered ex-Broadmoor patient fatally strangles young exchange student	Previous convictions for sexual offences against children – convicted of murder – Life
01 Sep 2002	Carolyn Hopcroft John Hopcroft	Aylesbury, Bucks	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally & repeatedly stabbed parents with large knife	Ind Inq (Lost by Trust!)
13 Jun 2002	Christina Austin	Southampton	Mentally ill man fatally strangles wife	Long MH history. Tried to kill wife twice before
31 May 2002	Tristian Lovelock	Basingstoke	Mentally ill man killed victim with knife, dismembered body and scattered remains on housing estate	Ind Inq. sent to Broadmoor
05 May 2002	Wendy Holmes	Chesham, Bucks	Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabbed neighbour	Drug user. Ind Inq	High Court
11 Apr 2002	Catherine Ogram	Aldershot	Schizophrenic fatally punched and stabbed his girlfriend	Long history of MI – clear warning signs beforehand	Inquiry
01 Feb 2002	Michelle Adams	Portsmouth	Paranoid schizophrenic fatally bludgeons woman with iron bar	Victim was caller to the house & mother of five
12 Jan 2002	Hugh MacDdonald	Hedge End	Mentally ill teenager fatally and repeatedly stabs father	Sent to Broadmoor
05 Jan 2002	Stephanie Whittaker	Didcot	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife	Diminished responsibility – depression
17 Nov 2001	Norette Ruzindana	Oxford	Paranoid schizophrenic strangles wife
02 Nov 2001	Elizabeth Sellers	Aldershot	MH patient set fire to home killing mother	Joint Ind Inq 2005 – previous suicide attempts	Inquiry
23 Aug 2001	Patrick Garwood	Aldershot	Mentally ill woman fatally stabbed victim	Joint Ind Inq 2005	Inquiry
24 May 2001	Morris Short (81)	Abingdon	Mentallly ill man fatally shot stepfather with air rifle	Ind inq.
29 Mar 2001	Necati Samiloglu	Reading	Mentally disordered man fatally battered business partner	Diminished responsibility
06 Aug 2000	Ben Pepall (4)	Gosport	Psychiatric patient stabs children day after dis-charging himself from hospital	Later suicide
28 Mar 2000	Stella Betambeau	Aldershot	Mentally disordered man strangles wife	sentenced to 2 months probation (!) – diminished responsibility
23 Feb 2000	Valerie Sexton	Gosport	MH patient strangled wife	Ind Inq 2004	Inquiry
19 Oct 1999	Richard Turnbull Robert Turnbull	Bembridge IoW	Depressive drugged and smothered disabled sons	Ind Review 2001
16 Sep 1999	Katie Kazmi	Reading	Schizophrenic ex Broadmoor inmate fatally stabs stranger 77 times	Ind Inq 2002. ‘damning indictment of incomptence and complacency	Inquiry
18 Mar 1999	David Close	Fareham Hants	MH patient drove at high speed into back of parked car killing pensioner instantly,	Ind Inq. 2000	Summary
27 Jan 1999	Terry A’Court	Gosport	Man with schizophrenia repeatedly and fatally stabbed his step-father	Diminished responsibility – indefinitely detained
25 Dec 1998	Bernard Lawtey	Maidenhead	Mentally disordered man fatally stabbed vulnerable friend in supported accomodation	Unfit to plead – indefinite hospital order
09 Apr 1998	Anthony Harrison	Andover	Detained MH patient leaves hospital and fatally stabs man	Ind Inq 2001. Later hanged himself at Broadmoor	Inquiry Summary
24 Dec 1997	Lena Huntingford (84)	Lindford, Hants	MH homicide of mother during exorcism	Ind Inq 2001	Inquiry Summary
26 Oct 1997	Rita Riddlesworth	Bracknell	Ex Broadmoor patient kills girlfriend and then himself	Had killed his parents and grandparents (4 people) in 1969
10 Oct 1997	Thelma Allum	Maidenhead, Berks	MH homicide of wife, after attacking mother days earlier	Ind Inq 2000	Inquiry
25 Apr 1997	Eileen Cameron	Reading, Berks	MH homicide of mother	Ind Inq 2000	Inquiry
29 Nov 1996	Patricia Eske	Southampton	MH homicide of mother	Ind Inq 1998	Inquiry
22 Aug 1996	Louise Campbell	Chalfont St Peter	Mentally ill man fatally stabbed wife	Diminished responsibility case
20 Aug 1996	Vivienne Gumbs (Black)	Slough	Schizophrenic man fatally stabbed ex partner in front of her work colleagues	Diminished responsibility – sent to Broadmoor
04 Jun 1996	Kenneth Longman	Basingstoke	MH homicide of father by setting him on fire	Ind Inq 2001	Inquiry Summary
31 Dec 1995	Lorna Thomas	Milton Keynes	MH man stabbed his girlfriend	Ind Inq 2000	Inquiry
23 Nov 1995	Barry Bosley	Tadley, Hants	Mentally disordered & paranoid woman fatally stabs her husband and then takes her own life in prison
20 Aug 1995	Bachan Singh Bajwa	Slough	Psychotic man with depression fatally cut bride’s grandfather’s throat at wedding party
26 Jun 1995	Susan Hearmon Kylie Marie Roberts (6) Julie Ann Lowell (4)	Abingdon	MH patient sets home alight killing landlady and two daughters
01 Apr 1995	Michael McMurty	Hayling Island	Mentally ill man fatally strangled and stabbed man and left body on a beach	Diminished responsibility – later suicide in Broadmoor
01 Jan 1995	Dawn Morgan	Burnham	Mentally disordered man & recent patient fatally battered his wife with a hammer – later took his own life	Inquest found she’d been unlawfully killed
22 Nov 1994	Audrey Fisher	Kiln Green, Berks	Mentally ill man fatally stabbed his mother	Previously killed his girlfriend & been released
13 Apr 1994	Sara Alesworth	Aylesbury, Bucks	Mentally ill GP fatally batters daughter 14 times with club hammer then stabs her	MH history
25 Feb 1994	Louise Murrie (9)	Southend	MH homicide of daughter by suffocation	Ind Inq 1999	Inquiry
05 Dec 1993	Dr Barry Taylor Janet Taylor	Southsea	Mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs woman and kills her husband with hammer	Also killed family dog
09 Oct 1993	Jonathan Newby	Oxford	Psychotic fatally attacked volunteer care worker	Ind Inq 1995, previously sectioned	Inquiry
19 Aug 1993	Margaret Godfrey Susan Godfrey Florence Jeffrey (78)	Oxford	Mentally ill man kills wife, daughter and mother in law with lump hammer	25 yr MH history, previously attacked first wife with hammer
12 Jan 1993	Jordan Strudwick (baby)	St Mary’s hospital Portsmouth	Mentally ill mother poisoned baby	Detained ‘indefinitely’ in hospital

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