Correction. He pleaded Guilty to manslaught not murder, and that was accepted after consultation with the victims family.
// Nandap appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from Broadmoor high-security hospital. He spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea.
The heavily built defendant, who has a history of mental health problems, said he was not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
The prosecutor, Duncan Atkinson QC, accepted the plea, saying: “There has been extensive psychiatric consideration in this case and the consensus of opinion is clear, cogent and unanimous.
“In that clear and unanimous psychiatric opinion there was an abnormality of mental function at that time that diminished his responsibility.”
Atkinson said the decision not to pursue the murder charge was taken in communication with the victim’s family, who were not present for the hearing.
Julian Hendy, of the charity Hundredfamilies, said: “This is another deeply distressing case of an innocent man and young family destroyed by the violent actions of a seriously mentally ill offender.
“These cases are happening now far too often and we await with interest the results of the psychiatric investigations to see if there were opportunities that could have prevented this terrible tragedy.” //
Who was who introduced this wonderful "Care in the Community" Policy?