A man brutally stabbed his housemate 34 times after he mistakenly thought he’d broken his plate. Stephen Owusu, 23, confronted 42-year-old Thomas Murphy, before going to the kitchen and picking up a 20-inch knife before plunging it into his body.
Mr Murphy, a father-of-two, originally from Limerick, Ireland, was left with multiple stab wounds, 14 of which to his chest.
Owusu, who has since been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, admitted an offence of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
At a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court, he was today, October 24, handed a section 37 hospital order with section 41 restrictions.
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