"A man with mental health issues and a history of making violent threats murdered a woman in a Devon park after falling off a waiting list for a care coordinator, possibly because a health trust's computer records were compromised by a cyber-attack, an inquest has heard. If Cameron Davis had been allocated a care coordinator, a multi-agency meeting on him may have been called before he stabbed 74-year-old Lorna England, the senior coroner for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, Philip Spinney, concluded."
"Spinney also highlighted that on the day of the murder, a mental health nurse tried to contact the police on their non-emergency 101 line to report that Davis was threatening to kill someone. The nurse waited on the line for about two hours before he was disconnected. The inquest heard that Davis had been known to mental health services in Devon from November 2021."
Cameron Davis had known mental health issues and a history of violent threats and was known to Devon mental health services from November 2021. He warned on multiple occasions that he would kill someone and was twice taken to hospital after making threats, in January 2023 and on the morning of 18 February, but was discharged both times. He fatally stabbed 74-year-old Lorna England later that afternoon. A 2022 mistake appears to have removed him from a care-coordinator waiting list, leaving him without a single point of contact. A mental health nurse waited about two hours on the police non-emergency 101 line before being disconnected. A care coordinator may have convened a multi-agency meeting to share information after declines in his mental health.
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