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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Brian Farmer

Schizophrenic cleared of murder sues over ‘failings in care’, appeal judges told

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A paranoid schizophrenic who killed three elderly men but was cleared of murder by reason of insanity has taken legal action after trial jurors raised concern about “failings in care”, appeal judges have been told.

Former scaffolder Alexander Lewis-Ranwell, 32, from Croyde, Devon, was acquitted of murder after a trial at Exeter Crown Court in November 2019.

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