A worried mum asked for help for her teenage son days before he knifed a grandmother to death - but she couldn't get an appointment in time to prevent the tragedy.
Yet 19-year-old Ethan Mountain showed “no red flags” before the fatal attack, the nurse overseeing his care claimed. He had stopped taking anti-psychotic medication shortly before stabbing 62-year-old Joan Hoggett multiple times in the One Stop shop where she worked.
In 2019, Mountain, of Heaton Gardens, South Shields, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after a court heard his mental illness "impaired his self-control". He was made subject to an indefinite Hospital Order.
