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A mentally unstable man in the UK beat his 11-year-old great-niece to death last Feb. 9 using a broken table leg with screws sticking out after he had mistaken her for Satan in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
The suspect, Delroy Forrester, 51, was found by police officers straddling the victim, Jasmine Forrester after his mother, Victoria who was also injured, asked their neighbor鈥檚 help, as reported by The Guardian聽yesterday, Aug. 13. Jasmine was brought to the hospital; however, she passed away from head and neck injuries which include lacerations and bruises, reports Metro.
Hours before the attack, the suspect鈥檚 daughter, Tyler Forrester, called the Crisis at Penn Hospital for assistance but she was told he was 鈥渘ot deemed a risk.鈥� Tyler replied, 鈥淵ou鈥檇 better make sure he doesn鈥檛 kill my nan tonight.鈥�
Forrester was put on trial yesterday at Wolverhampton Crown Court for a murder charge.聽He admitted to killing his great-niece but he denied the murder charge on the basis that he was 鈥渓egally insane鈥� when the incident happened, the report stated.
The defense said Forrester attacked Jasmine because he thought she was Satan. The defense also substantiated their claim by citing that when Forrester was asked whether Jasmine was safe, he replied that the child wasn鈥檛 safe and that he was a bad man. Forrester also said to officers that 鈥渢he devil had to die, I kill her blud鈥� and 鈥渢he devil is dead.鈥�
Jonathan Rees, Queen鈥檚 Counsel, said that a mental health assessment was made by a community psychiatric nurse on Feb. 11 while Forrester was under police custody.聽It was revealed that Forrester exhibits psychosis 鈥� a symptom of serious mental illnesses marked by an impaired contact with reality, the report said.
Rees noted that Forrester said he was devastated with what happened as his聽great-niece was 鈥減ure and innocent.鈥�
鈥淗is son, Myles, had tricked him into thinking that Jasmine was the devil, whereas, in fact, Myles was the devil,鈥� said the prosecutor of Forrester鈥檚 claims.
Forrester added that he knew Myles was not his biological son 鈥� Myles was the devil that Forrester had to kill.聽Kate Matriano/NVG
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