- Patricia Hewitt, 42, who suffers from schizophrenia and has a history of drug abuse and criminal convictions, was given a hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility for the death of Angela Lloyd.
- Hewitt inflicted 47 stab wounds on Angela Lloyd, 56, a disabled wheelchair user, at her sheltered accommodation bungalow in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, on 13 August last year.
- The fatal attack occurred just hours after Hewitt received a suspended prison sentence for assault and mere minutes after police community support officers had spoken to her regarding her welfare.
- Ms Lloyd made desperate calls to a Care Connect alarm service during the attack, screaming for help and stating she was being stabbed, with Hewitt reportedly shouting 'where’s your money'.
- Ms Lloyd's family expressed profound disappointment with the hospital order, arguing there should be a 'penal element' and raising serious concerns about the 'actions or inaction of all the organisations that failed so badly to protect Angela'.
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