MAN WHO KILLED MOTHER BY STABBING HER 65 TIMES SENTENCED
A man from Nottingham who killed his mother and stabbed his sister during a schizophrenic episode in October last year has been given a hospital order under the mental health act.Stuart Mayes stabbed Maria Mayes more than 60 times at her home in Loughborough in October last year.
She died from her injuries.
A judge at Leicester Crown Court today agreed with psychologists, who concluded that the attack only happened because of his mental disorder.
The prosecution accepted his plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.