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A man with a history of mental illness beat his parents with a hammer and then strangled them, a Bristol Crown Court jury has ruled.A man with a history of mental illness beat his parents with a hammer and then strangled them, a Bristol Crown Court jury has ruled.
Timothy Crook, 44, had been ruled unfit to plead due to his mental condition but the jury decided he was responsible for their deaths in Swindon in 2007.Timothy Crook, 44, had been ruled unfit to plead due to his mental condition but the jury decided he was responsible for their deaths in Swindon in 2007.
Crook drove their bodies 150 miles to a house he owned in Lincoln where he dumped them under wheelie bins.Crook drove their bodies 150 miles to a house he owned in Lincoln where he dumped them under wheelie bins.
He had been diagnosed as suffering from a delusional disorder.He had been diagnosed as suffering from a delusional disorder.
After the case Crook's sister Janice Lawrence criticised the mental health trusts involved in the case.After the case Crook's sister Janice Lawrence criticised the mental health trusts involved in the case.
'Living nightmare''Living nightmare'
She said mental health workers had been due to visit the bungalow Crook shared with his parents to section him, a week before the killings.She said mental health workers had been due to visit the bungalow Crook shared with his parents to section him, a week before the killings.
An independent inquiry has now been set up by two strategic health authorities.An independent inquiry has now been set up by two strategic health authorities.
Crook had been living in Lincoln prior to 2002 when a doctor there phoned his parents to say he was being released from hospital after being sectioned and they then agreed to take him back.Crook had been living in Lincoln prior to 2002 when a doctor there phoned his parents to say he was being released from hospital after being sectioned and they then agreed to take him back.
For the next three years, Mr and Mrs Crook were harassed and abused by their son.For the next three years, Mr and Mrs Crook were harassed and abused by their son.
Mrs Lawrence said: "He was aggressive and threatening and would spend all day harassing companies by phone or email or verbally abusing people.Mrs Lawrence said: "He was aggressive and threatening and would spend all day harassing companies by phone or email or verbally abusing people.
"He believed that my parents were against him and they became the outlet for his frustrations, he blamed them for everything."He believed that my parents were against him and they became the outlet for his frustrations, he blamed them for everything.
"The last years of their life, which were supposed to be happy ones, were a living nightmare.""The last years of their life, which were supposed to be happy ones, were a living nightmare."