Man Who Suffered Paranoid Delusions Receives Hospital Order After Tragically Killing Mother
Lincoln, U.K. – A British court has ordered Shaun Emmerson, who killed his 71-year-old mother in a tragic manifestation of his mental illness, to be indefinitely detained in a psychiatric hospital. The 51-year-old was experiencing a severe psychotic episode when he attacked his mother, Christine Emmerson, using a kitchen knife on August 3 of the previous year. During the incident, which occurred in their home in West Ashby, Lincolnshire, Shaun inflicted 35 stab wounds on …