Mother Nature's Son: Knife Horror

A paranoid son, who stabbed his mother to death, has been locked-up in a psychiatric hospital.

Jamal Sealy, 31, of Lewisham Way, New Cross walked into a local police station and told officers he had stabbed his mother.

Officers went to 58 year-old Dawn Bennett, who was fighting for her life at the family address and died in hospital ten days later.

Sealy pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

He was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order under Sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act.

At approximately 9.00pm on June 10, last year Sealy entered Walworth Police Station and confessed to carrying out the knife attack.

She was rushed to a south London hospital, where she died on June 16 – the day of her 59th birthday.

Medical experts found that Sealy was suffering paranoid beliefs. 

He pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to manslaughter.

Detective Sergeant Victoria Yusuf, of Specialist Crime South, said: “This is an extremely sad case which has devastated Dawn’s family, who’ve shown incredible bravery and dignity throughout this investigation and during the proceedings. 

“They have been, and continue to be, supported by specially trained officers. 

“Our thoughts are with them at this very difficult time.”