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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Swansea: man who killed father ‘desperately’ needed help, says family

Kim Harrison, who was killed by his son, had been an ‘exceptional man’, the family said.
Kim Harrison, who was killed by his son, had been an ‘exceptional man’, the family said Photograph: family handout

The family of a man who beat his father to death an hour after absconding from a psychiatric ward has claimed the killer was not given the help he needed for his mental health problems in the years before he launched the fatal attack.

Dan Harrison, 37, punched, kicked and stamped on Kim Harrison, 68, a retired chest specialist, at his home in Clydach, Swansea, after becoming increasingly paranoid and believing that his mother, Jane Harrison, was in danger from her husband.

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