Man who killed grandmother and retired officer not guilty due to mental illness
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A psychotic man who went on a deadly rampage that devastated two large families â including his own â in the NSW South Coast town of Bega has been found not guilty of murdering his grandmother and a retired policeman due to mental illness.
Murray Deakin, then 20, had already exhibited signs of schizophrenia and was a regular user of cannabis and LSD when he confronted and stabbed his grandparents, Gail and Thomas Winner, at their Bega home about 3pm on June 1, 2018.