A woman suffering from schizophrenia killed a disabled woman in her own home just hours after receiving a suspended prison sentence, and mere minutes after being spoken by police community support officers, a court has heard.
Patricia Hewitt, 42, inflicted 47 stab wounds on Angela Lloyd, 56, at her sheltered accommodation bungalow in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, on 13 August last year. Teesside Crown Court was told that Hewitt had a documented history of mental illness, alongside a long record of drug abuse and criminal convictions.
