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| Man found guilty of Pc's murder | Man found guilty of Pc's murder |
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| A man has been jailed for life and told he will serve at least 25 years for the murder of a police officer. | A man has been jailed for life and told he will serve at least 25 years for the murder of a police officer. |
| Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih, 29, stabbed Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire 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, denied murdering Pc Henry but admitted killing him on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | |
| He was also found guilty of attempting to murder a window cleaner. | He was also found guilty of attempting to murder a window cleaner. |
| The 36-year-old policeman was one of four officers called to George Street, Luton, after window cleaner Stephen Chamberlain was stabbed, Luton Crown Court heard. | |
| Alcohol abuse | Alcohol abuse |
| 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. | |
| Pc Henry's daughter, Maggie, was 11 months old when he was killed. A victim impact statement by his widow, Mary Henry was read to the court in which she described the moment she was told of her husband's death. | |
| No amount of anger or hate can change what he has done to us Mary Henry, Pc Henry's widow | |
| The statement said: "I was upset but very calm. I think I was in shock. I think I had a million things running through my mind. I didn't know what to do. | |
| "I felt totally in limbo, like I was in purgatory." | |
| 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. |
| Mrs Henry said of Obih in her victim statement: "No amount of anger or hate can change what he has done to us." | |
| She said of her husband's death "The only way I could describe how I was feeling is that it was like losing a limb. | |
| "I felt lost. I was often asked how I felt about the offender and whether I was angry and I wasn't. I felt numb." | |
| Mrs Henry said she married her husband in 2005, five years after they met. She described her wedding day as the "happiest day of my life". | |
| Obih was also found guilty of aggravated burglary, assaulting a neighbour occasioning actual bodily harm, attempting to murder Mr Chamberlain and wounding a second window cleaner, David Knight with intent. The jury found him not guilty of attempting to murder Mr Knight. | Obih was also found guilty of aggravated burglary, assaulting a neighbour occasioning actual bodily harm, attempting to murder Mr Chamberlain and wounding a second window cleaner, David Knight with intent. The jury found him not guilty of attempting to murder Mr Knight. |
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| Pc Jon Henry was stabbed as he tried to arrest Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih | Pc Jon Henry was stabbed as he tried to arrest Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih |