Paranoid schizophrenic ‘tried to cut off friend's head to make sure he was dead’ after stabbing him, jury told
direct to your inboxA paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his friend seven times - then ‘tried to cut off his head to make sure he was dead’, a jury heard.Matthew Jones, aged 41, denies the murder of William ‘Willy’ Phelan, aged 39, who was found dead in his flat in Hapurhey in March 2018.At a trial at Manchester Crown Court, it was said that Mr Jones and Mr Phelan met when they were both being treated for mental health illnesses at the North Manchester General Hospital in 2010.They remained friends over the years and referred to each other as ‘brother’, it was said.Following his discharge from hospital, Mr Phelan was visited by community nurses to assess how he was getting on, but, it was noted another man was always present at his flat, namely