A 'delirious' woman who killed an 83-year-old patient on a hospital ward by repeatedly banging her head on the floor has been jailed. Philomena Wilson, 56, launched the frenzied attack as the frail grandmother was being helped to the toilet by nurses.
A court heard Wilson, who was also a patient, slammed Vidya Kaur's head on the ground at least five times during the "vicious" assault on January 22, 2021. Wilson then kicked a nurse before going on to attack another patient and a health care assistant before security personnel arrived on the ward.
Mrs Kaur sustained serious head injuries, including a fractured skull, which contributed to her death three weeks later on February 11. Wilson had been admitted to at Birmingham's City Hospital after being arrested for assault and wounding and initially claimed to have no memory of the events that morning.
