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Kali Lindsay

Northumberland mum 'unlawfully killed' by daughter before being decapitated, coroner finds

A trust responsible for the mental health care of a woman who decapitated her own mum has made "substantial changes and improvements" to its practices, a hospital boss says.

Odessa Carey killed her 73-year-old mother, who had the same name, before cutting off her head in April 2019.

In April 2018, Carey was detained in the Lowry Ward, an acute mental health ward, in Newcastle following an assault on her mother and received follow on care from community treatment team.

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