Lee Byer, who admitted manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility, has schizophrenia
A man who had been released from prison five days before stabbing an elderly mobility scooter rider to death has been detained indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital.
Lee Byer, 45, who previously admitted manslaughter, killed Thomas O’Halloran, in Greenford, west London, in August 2022.
The plea was accepted on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
A group of children tried to help the 87-year-old but he could not be saved.
The Old Bailey heard Byer believed he was part of a Hunger Games scenario where he had to defend himself.
Two psychiatrists gave evidence he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia resulting in delusions and psychosis.
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