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A man who stabbed a Bedfordshire police officer to death has been found guilty of murder. A man who stabbed a Bedfordshire police officer to death has been found guilty of his murder.
Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, 29, stabbed Pc Jon Henry twice in the chest as he tried to arrest him in Luton town centre on 11 June 2007.Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, 29, stabbed Pc Jon Henry twice in the chest as he tried to arrest him in Luton town centre on 11 June 2007.
Obih, 29, of Winsdon Road, Luton, had denied murdering Pc Henry but admitted killing him on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Obih, of Winsdon Road, Luton, had denied murdering Pc Henry but admitted killing him on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
He also denied the attempted murder of two window cleaners on the same day.He also denied the attempted murder of two window cleaners on the same day.
Pc Henry was one of four police officers who responded to an emergency call after window cleaner Stephen Chamberlain was stabbed. Alcohol abuse
The Pc was stabbed twice in the chest while trying to apprehend Obih and David Knight was stabbed as he went to the aid of one of Pc Henry's colleagues. The 36-year-old Pc was one of four police officers called to George Street, Luton, after window cleaner Stephen Chamberlain was stabbed.
The court was told that Obih, a paranoid schizophrenic, had stopped taking his medication and the jury was told his mental and physical health had been affected by cannabis and alcohol. Pc Henry was stabbed as he tried to arrest Obih, who then lashed out at another window cleaner, David Knight, leaving him injured.
A large baton round fired by an armed response team failed to stop him and it was only when he was stunned for the second time by a taser gun that the officers were able to overpower him.
Obih, who has been detained in the secure mental hospital in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, since his arrest, was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the attack, his defence team said.
The court was told he was diagnosed with the disease in 2005 after suffering problems from abusing alcohol and cannabis.
However, the prosecution said Obih was not in an acute phase of the illness at the time of the attacks.