The public will be protected from a paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed to death her own father in a "vile crime to the nicest man you could meet", a court heard. Ann Dixon, 49, who plunged a knife into her dad, Ray Dixon, three times, has been given a hospital order to "protect the public from serious harm" without limit of time.
Dixon, appearing over a live link from a secure unit, had tested positive for Covid-19 on February 26, 2021, and had a fluctuating temperature. She was at home with her dad at the time of her illness but began feeling a lot better and her 77-year-old dad had cooked her pancakes with honey.
Days later she was to kill him. Nottingham Crown Court heard on Thursday, April 21, how, shortly after 6am, on March 3, the defendant took a knife from her bedroom and walked into her father's bedroom while he was fast asleep. Dixon said, "dad", and he responded, "what's up?"
