South East Coast

130 known cases 1993 – 2023
60 inquiry and other reports

DateVictimLocationEventCommentdownload
11 Jan 2023Ann ScottSt LeonardsPsychotic teenager with schizophrenia fatally batters his mother, after taking him home from out of area hospital placementDiminished responsibility –  Hospital Order – Sec 37/ 41
24 Oct 2022Deborah GumbrellShorehamMentally ill psychotic man fatally stabbed his wifeUndiagnosed. Family had been trying to get him help – Hospital Order
04 Oct 2021Gary HopkinsNew Haw, AddlestonePsychotic and deluded man with hallucinations repeatedly and fatally stabbed acquaintanceDiminished responsibility – Sec 37/41
27 Apr 2021Julia JamesSnowdownMentally disordered man fatally battered off duty PCSOMH History, currently in BroadmoorSentencing
18 Feb 2021Patrick PowneyPlymouthParanoid schizophrenic fatally battered and kicked his vulnerable father days after release from Surrey psychiatric hospitalSurrey patient. Released when unwell – history of not taking meds
06 Feb 2021Carol Smith (75)BexhillMentally disordered man fatally shoots his wife then attempts to shoot himselfDiminished responsibility – Sec 37/41 MHA
28 Jan 2021Souad BellahaCliftonvilleDemented man fatally cut wife’s throat believing she was the devilUnfit to plead – found to have done the act
07 Jan 2021Sue AddisBrightonParanoid and psychotic teenager repeatedly and fatally stabbed his grandmotherDiminished responsibility
29 Dec 2020Catherine GrangerCanterburyMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed partnerDiminished responsibility
27 Oct 2020Nimroy HendricksThree BridgesMentally ill teenager fatally stabs manDiminished responsibility
21 Jun 2020Rosemary Hill (87)ReigateParanoid schizophrenic fatally battered elderly neighbour with cricket batHistory of violence and not taking meds, insufficiently monitored
10 Oct 2019Lesley SpearingRainhamMentally ill man fatally stabs and batters his motherUnfit to plead – Trial of facts 
27 Dec 2018Jake Ford (23 months)

Chloe Ford (23 months)		MargatePsychotic woman kills young twins Sentencing remarks

Serious Case Review
29 Sep 2018Margaret Harris

Sharon Harris		Hadlow, KentParanoid schizophrenic fatally stabs neighboursUnder a CMHT at the time of the assaultSentencing remarks
31 July 2018Stephanie PackmanKemsley, SittingbourneDepressed man fatally stabs wife and attempts to harm himselfDiminished responsibility case 
05 July 2018Samantha TomsMaresfield, E SussexMentally ill man suffocated his partnerConsistently not taken meds – sent to Broadmoor 
18 Jun 2018Leo Tompsett (5)Beachy Head, SussexDepressed mentally ill woman kills herself and young son by jumping off cliffs  
20 Apr 2018Fiona FisherCrowboroughMentally ill man fatally stabs mother Court of Appeal
13 April 2018Maryna Zhytnyk-KavaliauskeWorthingMentally disordered and obsessive man fatally strangles friendSubsequently took his own life 
28 Nov 2017Glyn RouseCrawleyMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabs complete stranger  
29 Oct 2017Mary Steel (79)FarncombePsychotic man fatally stabs elderly motherReportedly asked for help which ‘wasn’t forthcoming’ 
21 Jul 2017Olivia KrayHerne BayMentally ill man strangles daughter and attempts to kill partnerSection 45a Hybrid order 
29 May 2017Alan CreaseyLancingMentally disordered man fatally batters and stamps on manConvicted of MurderInquiry
19 May 2017Harry MessengerFavershamMentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally batters neighbour with a hammerConvicted of murderInquiry
6 May 2017Razvan SirbuMaidstoneMentally ill man fatally attacks stranger with machete  
21 May 2016Sonita NijhawanWeybridgeDepressed man fatally and repeatedly batters wife with an axe & knife DHR Full

DHR Exec Summ

Court of Appeal
5 Apr 2016New-born baby daughterBognor RegisMentally ill mother fatally strangles her new born babyConvicted of infanticide 
19 Nov 2015Jean Robertson (86)SittingbourneParanoid schizophrenic fatally batters his grandmotherHistory of previous serious violence, off meds, released by MHRTInquiry

DHR Full

DHR Exec Summary

17 July 2015Donald LockFindonParanoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs strangerMH history, some previous violence, family not listened toInquiry Report

Sentencing Remarks
25 Dec 2014Joe LewisBrightonParanoid schizophrenic fatally stabs friendJudge said a ‘disaster waiting to happen’Inquiry
5 Dec 2014Yvonne TappSouthboroughPsychotic man kills partnerLong MH history 
Aug 2014Philip PennelegionRamsgatePsychotic man with history of violence fatally battered friend after ‘spirits told him to’Not taking meds – didn’t think he was ill 
Apr 2014Sandra Boakes (70)SomptingMentally ill pensioner fatally batters wife  
24 Jan 2014Elizabeth Thomas (17)OxtedMentally disordered teenager fatally stabbed young friendConvicted of murderInquiry
24 Nov 2013Dennis Bryant (90)DorkingMan with Dementia fatally batters fellow care home residentInadequate Serious Case ReviewAssurance Review

SCR 
16 Aug 2012Chris PooleEastbourneMentally ill man fatally punches and kicks man Inquiry
09 Aug 2012Jan JensenHassocksMentally ill man fatally stabs MH patient day after release from psych. hospitalNurses and others falsified records after the killingInquiry 
20 May 2012Annette SturtDoverParanoid schizophrenic fatally batters and strangles his motherHeavy drug abuseExecutive Summary

 

Inquiry

12 Sep 2011Terence WottonGravesendParanoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs fatherUnmedicated – Crisis team had attended that dayDHR Exec Summ

 

Full DHR

Indep Inq

09 Jun 2011Linda AllenHorshamMentally ill man fatally stabs wife and bludgeons her with a hammer.Hospital order under MHA 
08 Apr 2011Jonathan EllisonBrightonMental Health Patient fatally batters vulnerable manLong Forensic history, D&A problems, PDExecutive Summary

 

Full Inquiry

29 Mar 2011Nigel Randall RossSouth ChaileyMentally ill man fatally stabs stepfather  
6 Mar 2011David FordMargateMan with schizophrenia fatally attacks fellow hostel resident Inquiry

 

Inquiry Follow up

05 Mar 2011Natalie WalkerBroadstairsParanoid psychotic man fatally stabs wife in front of 3 year old childDrug history – asked to be sectioned before killing before but was sent home.
Inquiry
16 Nov 2010Shehlah BaigCrawleyUnmedicated Paranoid Schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs wifeLong MH history – Not taking medication 
04 Sep 2010Stefan WelchBrightonMentally ill man kills acquaintance and sets body alight Inquiry- Full

 

Inquiry – Exec Summ

04 Sep 2010Anthony WakefordEffinghamMentally ill woman fatally stabs husbandReleased at trialInquiry
15 Feb 2010Gordon StalkerBrightonParanoid schizophrenic repeatedly and fatally stabs neighbour believing him to be a witch stealing his soulHistory of increasingly erratic and threatening behaviour. Inq found death was preventable.Inquiry
Follow Up
24 Nov 2009Dominic KellyGuildfordSchizophrenic batters friend and pushes him into river where he drowns  
29 Aug 2009Lee FloydBognor RegisMentally disordered man fatally stabs sonAlcohol related – Diminished responsibility – jailed for 4 years
10 Jun 2009Magda BusharaHoveMentally ill man man repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife then killed himselfCoroner found- ‘clear history of MH problems’ 
26 Jan 2009Timothy HutcheonChathamMH patient repeatedly and fatally stabs acquaintanceLong MH historyInquiry
02 Dec 2008James TaylorDartford, KentMentally ill woman kills her son by drowning  
30 May 2008Sharani Navaneethan (4)

Shanjayan Navaneethan (5)		CarshaltonMentally ill mother fatally stabs children  
18 May 2008Drusilla PaisleyBurgess HillMentally ill man batters and fatally stabs wife then kills himselfhad recently been seen by psychiatrist 
25 Dec 2007Valerie TwymanRamsgate, KentPsychotic man fatally stabs grandmotherMH history 
23 Dec 2007Sue GoswellWest Chiltington, SussexMentally ill man fatally stabbed wife then kills himself, a week after leaving psychiatric hospital. Many previous warningsMH history – released from Psych hospital despite warnings from daughterExecutive Summary

Full Inquiry
23 Aug 2007Daniel QuelchMaidenhead, BerksParanoid Schizophrenic breaks into house and fatally and repeatedly stab stranger in front of his childrenLong MH history – sectioned 2001 – not taking medsInquiry
09 Aug 2007Brenda LindleyNorthfleetMentally ill man fatally batters wife then kills himself Inquiry
11- 14 May 2007Catherine GenestinBrightonMentally ill man bludgeons wife and hides her body around houseMH history, previous suicide attemptSerious Case Review
30 Jan 2007Claire EdrichLowlandMentally ill man fatally shoots wife  
25 Mar 2006John McKennaEgham, SurreyParanoid Schizophrenic fatally stabs friend days after release from Psych unit (Chertsey)MH history (Ind Inq 2013, Verita)Inquiry
04 Nov 2005Marion EdgingtonForest RowSchizophrenic fatally and repeatedly stabs mother  
22 Oct 2005Sarath ChandrasekeraBearstedDepressed woman fatally battered husband 11 times with an axeDiminished responsibility – Three years community supervision
26 Jun 2005Anthony RadfordPewley Down, GuildfordParanoid schizophrenic fatally and repaetedly batters man with logMH History. (Ind Inq 2013, Verita)Inquiry
23 Jun 2005Chris StonesWorthingParanoid Schizophrenic stabs father of twoLong MH historyInquiry
16 Apr 2005Jackie MarshallChichester SussexMentally Ill man kills manager in frenzied attack  
12 Dec 2004Angela TitleyPrivate Psych hospital, Redhill, SurreyPsychotic MH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed lover with Swiss Army KnifeInd Inq 2009. May have missed medsInquiry
15 Nov 2004Derek SaxbyFolkestoneMH Patient with schizophrenia kills fellow hostel residentLong MH history. (Ind Inq 2013, Verita)Inquiry
10 Oct 2004Jonathan KendrickBrightonSchizophrenic man beats a man to death with screw-driver and hammerPsychotic disorder – victim had been trying to help him 
15 Sep 2004Marie Harding (73)WorthingPsychotic fatally stabs strangers (& 3 in London)Ind Inq 2009 Mother had been asking for MH help for him for monthsInquiry
12 Jan 2004James FordSunburyMH patient fatally attacked man with brickInd Inq 2007, usual problems team work, poor notesInquiry
16 Aug 2003Richard Baker (Mr G)HastingsParanoid schizophrenic strangles acquaintanceDrug and alcohol. 2006, GeorgiouInquiry
15 Jul 2003Richard CromartyMaidstoneMH patient fatally stabs neighbour 20 timesIndep InqInquiry
05 Apr 2003Laura SturlaGillinghamMentally ill man fatally injects former patient with heroin Inquiry
27 Mar 2003Rae Torbet
(Ms E)		Hastings, SussexMH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed ex girlfriendInd Inq 2005Inquiry
02 Dec 2002Joan SmytheRainham (but SE Coast patient)MH patient sexually assaulted and murdered elderly strangerInd Inq 2006 Family had been trying to get him helpInquiry
21 Jun 2002Julie Ann Wendel (Ms L)Netherfield, East SussexLong term MH patient strangled girlfriendIndep Inq. Previous violence. 2005, GeorgiouInquiry
08 Feb 2002Natalie ScottBognor Regis, SussexParanoid schizophrenic with delusions fatally and repeatedly stabs girlfriend  
13 Sep 2001Gilbert McCallumDoverMan with MH problems killed manInd Inq 2005Inquiry
11 Aug 2001Melanie Welch (Ms B)Redhill, Surreydepressive MH patient strangled his partnerInd Inq 2005Inquiry
15 Jul 2001Joseph DayFolkestoneSchizophrenic (triggered or exacerbated by drug abuse) fatally stabbed anotherInd Inq 2004 found failures and errors. No Risk Ass. Team work poorInquiry
24 Jun
2001		Mark BlackstonNorthfleet, KentMH patient fatally stabbed victimInd Inq 2005. Previous violence, had warned she would kill s.oInquiry
17 Jun 2001John StevensWokingMH patient fatally and repeatedly stabbed friendPoor risk assessment, CPA, & information sharing. 2003, MackayInquiry
11 Jun 2001Jamie McCarville (4)DoverMentally ill woman fatally shoots son and tries to shoot herself  
25 Apr 2001Rajinder Kaur SidhuCrawleyDelusional and psychotic man fatally stabbed wifeDiminished responsibility – she was in fear of her life 
10 Dec 2000Bernard Murphy (79)BrightonMentally ill man fatally strangles friend High Court
17-22 Sept 2000Alex Wessell (13)Findon, SussexMentally ill woman fatally drugged and smothered teenage son.Diminished responsibility 
21 Apr 2000Sarah LawsonWorthingDepressive strangled mentally ill daughterInd Inq 2004Inquiry
22 Mar 2000Pauline GowerRamsgateMentally disordered man repeatedly and fatally stabs a womanInquiry not published 
28 Feb 2000Simon WidgerEastbourne, SussexPsychotic glued partners eyes, ears and lips and fatally and repeatedly stabbed himInd Inq, 2003Inquiry
08 Dec 1999Taher RahmanHove, SussexMentally ill man beheads mother  
26 Nov – 05 Dec 1999Barbara MooneyCrawleyMentally disordered man fatally batters wifeDiminished responsibility – alcohol problems
08 Oct 1999Avril HollensTonbridge, KentMH patient fatally stabs girlfriendInd Inq 2003Inquiry
09 Aug 1999Ann May WorthingMentally disordered man fatally batters partner with hammer and cuts her throatDiminished reponsibility
24 Jun 1999Robert KavanaghHove, SussexDepressed Psychotic woman fatally stabs boyfriend
16 Jun 1999Nancy BroadbridgeRamsgateMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed landladyMH history with violence with knives, known threatInquiry
9 Feb 1999Liam Gurr-Adams (7 weeks)Herne BayMentally disordered father fatally punched and shook his baby whilst feeding himDiminished responsibility – sent to Broadmoor for assessment
30 Sep 1998Remy Surage (Mr S)Orpington, KentMH homicide – stabbed and killedInd Inq 2004. Had been sectioned for previous violenceInquiry
03 Jul 1998Angela TalmanBrightonMentallly disordered man repeatedly and fatally kicked his girlfriend and seriously assaulted a manDiminished responsibility – sentenced 6 years
21 May 1998Ulrike CrawfordAshsteadMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his daughter in lawDiminished responsibility – hospital order
02 Mar 1998Kenneth PattendenWorcester ParkWoman with paranoid schizophrenia fatally stabs husband and attempts to set him on fireDiminished responsibility – alcohol dependence syndrome
26 Jan 1998Beryl O’ConnorHastings, KentPsychiatric patient strangled woman and set her alight  
17 Jan 1998Clare LetchfordHastings, KentPsychiatric patient strangled woman and set her alight  
27 Nov 1997Justin El KorashyBrightonMentally disordered man stabbed three people one fatallyDetained in Broadmoor 
05 Jan 1997Kay O’LearyRamsgatePsychotic man repeatedly and fatally stabbed his motherDiminished responsibility – ‘indefinite’ hospital order
13 Sept 1996Sara LucasBisleyDepressed man with adjustment disorder fatally strangles partnerDiminished responsibility
09 Jul 1996Lin & Megan RussellKentMan with PD & psychosis killed strangers with a hammerInd Inq 2006, Had asked for help before incident.Inquiry
06 Jan 1996Marion AddyAshington, W SussexMentally ill woman repeatedly and fatally bludgeons woman with club hammer  
25 July 1995Mary Morris (84)CamberleyMentally ill man fatally stabbed elderly mother  
26 Jun 1995Sujad KahnCrawleyMentally ill man shoots his sons, one of them fatallyDiminished responsibility 
10 Mar 1995Maxine BootGuildfordPsychotic former abattoir worker fatally attacks woman with numerous weapons  
30 Jan 1995Margaret FarrageTunbridge WellsParanoid schizophrenic satanist fatally beats and stabs motherDiminished Responsibility 
Jan 1995Alexander Oatley (11 days)Hinchley WoodWoman with post natal depression kills young baby  
03 Nov 1994Mary PoveyDenton, nr GravesendMH patient fatally and repeatedly stabs motherPreviously threatened violence with knives.Inquiry report available on request
25 Jul 1994David EnticknapWokingMentally ill woman fatally stabbed husband  
26 Jun 1994Debbie SmithPemburyMentally disordered man fatally strangled his wifeDiminished responsibility – jailed for 4 years.
20 Jun 1994new-born baby girlTunbridge Wells Mentally disordered teenager fatally smothered her new born babyInfanticide case – three years probation
04 May 1994Fiona WoodWokingMentally ill woman fatally stabbed husband’s new partner  
10 Mar 1994Kenneth TaylorCanterburyPsychotic man steals car and crashes into another killing passenger and severely injuring driverinsanity case – given two year supervision & treatment order 
20 Jan 1994Maraj AkhtarWokingSchizophrenic fatally stabbed manReleased from hospital 6 months earlier 
20 Nov 1993Jeanette TaddWokingParanoid mentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed young wife.Diminished responsibility 
24 Sep 1993Husnare BegumCrawleyMentally ill man repeatedly and fatally stabbed wife  
15 Jul 1993Nicholas StanleyGuildfordMentally ill woman fatally stabs support workersent to hospital without limit of time 
30 Mar 1993Martin (Wayne) DaviesFolkestoneMentally disordered man with alcohol problems fatally stabbed neighbour after drinking sessionDiminished responsibility – sentenced to 6 years
03 Dec 1992Marie Worrell (18)DartfordMentally disordered man battered woman to death and threw her body out of windowLong MH history

One Reply to “South East Coast”

  1. Sadly my Mum is on this list. But I am very thankful to you for keeping her name in the public eye. This is a great resource for families who also face this trauma in their own lives. Just to let you all know as it will be 15 years since she was killed this month, you can find a way through your f**king (don’t know if I am allowed to swear on here?!) tornado. Strong, have lots of therapy!
    Claudia

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.