A knifeman who killed a man and injured seven other people during a violent stabbing spree has been detained for life. Zephaniah McLeod, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2012, has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years, which he will initially serve at a high-security hospital.
The 28-year-old previously admitted the manslaughter of Jacob Billington along with four counts of attempted murder and three separate offences of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. READ MORE: CCTV image released in bid to trace final steps of victim in murder probe McLeod launched a seemingly random string of assaults in Birmingham city centre in the early hours of September 6 last year, Birmingham Crown Court
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