Review into care of Birmingham stabbing spree killer
Zephaniah McLeod had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he attacked and killed one man and injured seven others.
Last updated 11th Jul 2023
A review is being published today - into mental health care failings in the case of Zephaniah McLeod who went on stabbing spree in Birmingham in 2020
Jacob Billington, 23, died and seven others were hurt in five separate attacks carried out over 90 minutes across the city on 6 September 2020.
29-year-old McLeod admitted manslaughter and four counts of attempted murder.
The court heard how Mcleod from Selly Oak had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and was "well-known" to mental health services.
The families also heard how he had been out of contact with health services since being released from prison that April. At the time, health officials said he will need "close and lifelong'' psychiatric monitoring.
The review will look into whether more could have been done - with Jacob's mum saying she hoped McLeod's care would be "properly looked into.