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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Man murdered stranger in Devon park after losing mental health support, inquest hears

A 74-year-old woman with bobbed hair wearing a lace
Lorna England was walking home through Ludwell Valley park in Exeter on February 18 last year when she was fatally attacked by Davis. Photograph: Devon and Cornwall Police/PA

A man with mental health issues and a history of making violent threats murdered a woman in a Devon park after falling off a waiting list for a care coordinator, possibly because a health trust’s computer records were compromised by a cyber-attack, an inquest has heard.

If Cameron Davis had been allocated a care coordinator, a multi-agency meeting on him may have been called before he stabbed Lorna England, 74, the senior coroner for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, Philip Spinney, concluded.

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