Scots wife-killer back in high security after hospital knife attack just before release
dailyrecord.co.ukWife-killer Neil Cumming is back in high security after he tried to stab a fellow patient with a cutlery knife just before he was due to be freed.
Cumming, who stabbed his wife 36 times in a frenzied attack, was sent back to closed conditions last week from the low-security Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen, where he has been staying since late last year.
The 53-year-old has been enjoying “freedom” while in the north-east and was being prepped for release back into the community when he attacked another patient.
A source at the Royal Cornhill said: “He and another patient had an argument so Cumming picked up a cutlery knife and tried to attack the patient.” Cumming spent nine years in Carstairs before being transferred to Aberdeen last October.
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