Woman bludgeoned pensioner to death with fire extinguisher in Co-op as 'warning signs' missed
dailyrecord.co.ukThe 'warning signs' were missed before a mentally-ill woman bludgeoned a pensioner to death in a Co-op store, a review has said.
Zara Radcliffe, 30, assaulted 88-year-old John Rees in the supermarket in an unprovoked attack on May 5, 2020.His death occurred after Radcliffe hit the elderly man with wine bottles and a fire extinguisher as he lay on the floor of the store in Rhondda, Wales after walking from her home carrying a kitchen knife.
She then launched a frenzied attack on multiple victims, stabbing them to the head and neck, reports Wales Online.Mr Rees tried to stop the attack but died as a result of severe blunt force trauma to the face and multiple face fractures.
At her trial in October, 2020 Radcliffe pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, and admitted to the attempted murders of three others.She was assessed as being “profoundly mentally ill” with schizophrenia at the time of the offence.
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