Lessons will be learned from the death of a Northumberland mum who was killed by her daughter after a report revealed opportunities to help them both were missed.
Mentally ill Odessa Carey killed her 73-year-old mother before cutting off her head in April 2019. Her mum, who had the same name, was found dead on a bed at her home in Ashington and Carey was later arrested and charged with homicide.
Carey, then 35, was under the care of mental health services at the time of the homicide. She was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after the court was provided with psychiatric reports. She was then detained under the Mental Health Act.
