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| Man found guilty of Pc's murder | Man found guilty of Pc's murder |
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| A man who stabbed a Bedfordshire police officer to death has been found guilty of his 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, 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. |
| Alcohol abuse | Alcohol abuse |
| The 36-year-old Pc was one of four police officers called to George Street, Luton, after window cleaner Stephen Chamberlain was stabbed. | The 36-year-old Pc was one of four police officers called to George Street, Luton, after window cleaner Stephen Chamberlain was stabbed. |
| Pc Henry was stabbed as he tried to arrest Obih, who then lashed out at another window cleaner, David Knight, leaving him injured. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | However, the prosecution said Obih was not in an acute phase of the illness at the time of the attacks. |
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| Pc Jon Henry was stabbed as he tried to arrest Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih |