Residents have described a grandfather who was killed by his paranoid schizophrenic daughter as a "really nice neighbour" who had lived on the street for over 40 years. 77-year-old Ray Dixon died in March last year at his home in Moorbridge Lane in Stapleford after being stabbed three times in the chest and back.
His killer was 49-year-old Ann Dixon, who lived with her father, and had woken him up at 6am in his bedroom before repeatedly stabbing him - later popping to the kitchen to eat a bowl of cereal. She was said to be in the control of "omnipotent voices" with a doctor confirming the voice of the devil had instructed her to kill her father.
Last month, Dixon was handed a hospital order to "protect the public from serious harm", without limit of time. On a rainy Wednesday morning in May, those who still live Ray Dixon's old Stapleford street say the case is never far from their minds - and he is always in their thoughts.
