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Nurse may have been killed by mental health patient (24 March 2014)

Date: 24/03/2014
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Nurse may have been killed by mental health patient

A nurse on her way to work may have been stabbed to death by one of the mental health patients she had cared for.

Naudel Turner, 42, from Fulham in West London was stabbed on Wednesday (19/03/14) afternoon in Tottenham, North London. Passersby reported seeing a man standing over he body shouting, “I told you, I told you,” before placing the knife he used to kill her on her chest.

The attack on Ms Turner was described as “frenzied”. A man was arrested at the scene and police say they believe Mrs Turner knew her attacker.

Witnesses say Mrs Turner had just left Castle View Surgery in Tottenham when she was attacked.

Mrs Turner was heard screaming “leave me alone” and reportedly was frozen in fear as her assailant confronted her before stabbing her in the neck.

The attacker was apprehended by two passersby, who wrestled him to the ground and sat on him before police arrived.

Mrs Turner was taken to hospital but died from her injuries.

Colleagues of Mrs Turner are declining to say whether she was attacked by a mental health patient she had cared for in the course of her work as a nurse.

On Friday, 46-year-old Dariusz Miakienko appeared before Highbury Magistrates’ Court in north London charged with murder.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward who might have taken video footage of the scene either before, during or after Mrs Turner was attacked.

It is reported that as Mrs Turner slumped to the ground after the attack, bystanders were filming what was happening on their mobile phones.

Duncan Lewis Mental Health Solicitors

Duncan Lewis is a leading firm of specialist mental health solicitors and can advise patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

In some cases, Duncan Lewis Mental Health Solicitors may also be able to advise the next of kin or carer of a mental health patient, including initiating treatment reviews.

For expert legal advice on mental health care, contact the Duncan Lewis Mental Health Helpline on 0203 114 1124.

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