Son who killed dad in hammer attack after shouting 'he's a f***** German' found not guilty
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA son who killed his father in a hammer attack after shouting ‘he’s a f****** German’ has been found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
Colin Neil, 52, was suffering from psychosis caused by undiagnosed epilepsy at the time of the fatal attack on his 82-year-old father John.
Neil ‘adored’ his father and would never have intentionally hurt him, he later told police. Mr Neil’s 79-year-old mother tried to fight her son off as he repeatedly hit her husband over the head with a claw hammer at their home in Timperley last summer.
Despite the not guilty verdict, Mr Neil will remain in Ashworth hospital, the high secure psychiatric hospital in Merseyside, for further treatment. READ MORE: The five men GMP want to speak to after Manchester Airport video sparked chaos outside Rochdale police station Manchester Crown Court heard that prior to the killing in July last year, Colin Neil’s younger brother had researched their family tree, and found information which suggested John Neil may have had German ancestors.
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