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| Mother killed after care failures | Mother killed after care failures |
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| A catalogue of failures in the care of a mental health patient who stabbed a pregnant mother-of-five to death have been highlighted in a new report. | |
| Benjamin Holiday, 25, a paranoid schizophrenic, killed Tina Stevenson in Hull after missing his medication. | |
| An independent investigation found his mental health problem was "under-treated" and his condition should have been "more assertively managed". | |
| Humber Mental Health Trust has apologised to Miss Stevenson's family. | Humber Mental Health Trust has apologised to Miss Stevenson's family. |
| Miss Stevenson, 31, and her unborn twins died after she was stabbed in the back by Holiday on Wellsted Street. | |
| Holiday, who said he had no recollection of the attack, pleaded guilty to her manslaughter at Hull Crown Court in May 2006 and was detained in a secure hospital. | Holiday, who said he had no recollection of the attack, pleaded guilty to her manslaughter at Hull Crown Court in May 2006 and was detained in a secure hospital. |
| 'Lessons learned' | 'Lessons learned' |
| After the case, his mother Christine blamed the incident on the Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust, saying he had not received the correct care and medication. | After the case, his mother Christine blamed the incident on the Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust, saying he had not received the correct care and medication. |
| The sentencing judge said Benjamin Holiday was "clearly very disturbed" | The sentencing judge said Benjamin Holiday was "clearly very disturbed" |
| Two months before Miss Stevenson was killed, Holiday was taken into a secure psychiatric unit for assessment. | |
| The report said that was a "missed opportunity" to keep him in care because he needed treatment. | The report said that was a "missed opportunity" to keep him in care because he needed treatment. |
| It also said that at times Holiday was able to dictate his own levels of treatment. | It also said that at times Holiday was able to dictate his own levels of treatment. |
| Trust chief executive David Snowdon, speaking after the report was published, said: "We apologised to the family and friends of Tina Stevenson for their loss and for the distress caused to them as a result of this tragic incident. | Trust chief executive David Snowdon, speaking after the report was published, said: "We apologised to the family and friends of Tina Stevenson for their loss and for the distress caused to them as a result of this tragic incident. |
| "We also apologised to Benjamin Holiday's family, especially his mother, Christina Holiday, for the distress caused to them." | "We also apologised to Benjamin Holiday's family, especially his mother, Christina Holiday, for the distress caused to them." |
| Mr Snowdon said the trust took the report "very seriously" and said lessons had "already been learned". | Mr Snowdon said the trust took the report "very seriously" and said lessons had "already been learned". |
| The trust also apologised after being criticised over the care of a mentally-ill man who killed his elderly mother in 2003. | |
| Michael Torrie cut his 82-year-old mother Ivy's throat at their home in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, after a "rapid reduction" in his medication, the report said. | |
| Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said Torrie was "extremely ill" and "probably not in control of what he was doing". | |
| She told BBC Radio Five Live: "He's lost his freedom and his mother has been killed in the most horrific way and all of that could have been prevented." | |
| Mrs Wallace said Holiday should not have been able to dictate his own treatment. | |
| She said: "He didn't want people to interfere and yes, we ought to respect the rights of a mentally ill person, but not if they are out living in the community and not if they are a risk to themselves or others." | |
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| Poor care led to street murder | Poor care led to street murder |