Scots woman killed friend after stabbing her 16 times in psychotic episode
Josephine Carroll, 29, repeatedly stabbed Catherine Campbell, also 29, with a knife in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, on July 25, 2020.
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Catherine Ann Campbell (Image: Police Scotland)
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A WOMAN killed her friend after stabbing her 16 times as they walked down a lane in the early hours of the morning. Josephine Carroll, 29, repeatedly stabbed Catherine Campbell, also 39, with a knife in Coatbridge, on July 25, 2020. On Thursday at the High Court in Glasgow, Carroll was found not guilty of murdering mum-of-one Miss Campbell because she was mentally ill at the time.
READ MORE: Judge Lady Stacey formally acquitted Carroll, a mum-of-one, of the charge and ordered her to be detained in a secure unit on an interim compulsion order. The court heard, in the lead up to the killing, concerns were raised about Carroll who was sectioned in June 2020 under the metal health act due to a “psychotic episode” and “delusional beliefs.”
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