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Observer
October 22, 2014
A damning report into a horrific incident where Swazi-born mentally unstable teenager Phillip Simelane mercilessly stabbed 16-year-old English schoolgirl Christina Edkins to death in England has revealed that the incident could have been avoided had he been attended to timely.
The Birmingham Mail has revealed that the stab victim Edkins could have been saved by the United Kingdom (UK)’s mental health services, according to a National Health Report (NHS).
The schoolgirl Christina Edkins, who was brutally stabbed to death by the paranoid schizophrenic in March last year, would still be alive if the authorities had done their job properly, the report has said.
An inquiry into the tragic 16-year-old’s random killing has revealed a catalogue of failures by the authorities. Christina, from Ladywood, was fatally stabbed in the chest on the No 9 bus as she travelled to Leasowes High School in Halesowen in March last year.
She was the victim of a random knife attack launched by the Swazi-born Simelane as the bus travelled along Hagley Road in Birmingham.
The homicide review into Christina’s death was conducted by the NHS Commissioning Support Unit and made 51 recommendations.
According to the Birmingham Mail, the most damning verdict was that the killing could have been prevented if the mental health needs of her disturbed killer had been met.
The probe found there had been a string of failures dating back 12 years and made recommendations for changes to practices at seven local agencies and six national bodies.
The report said there had been 17 mental health reviews or formal assessments undertaken by four different organisations, between April 2009 and December 2012 into the killer.
None of these assessments resulted in Simelane being detained under the Mental Health Act.
The report found that organisations failed to listen to and respond to carers and significant others consistently and adequately.
It also found that accessing and sharing of information between key agencies was ineffective and that information recording and storage were not robust enough to allow good management and care.
Chairperson of the investigation panel, Dr Alison Reed said: “It is clear that there were missed opportunities, particularly for organisations and professionals to work together more closely in heeding the repeated attempts by Phillip’s mother to secure help for her son.
“The attack on Christina was random and unprovoked and therefore it could not have been predicted.
“However, it is the conclusion of the panel that as Christina’s death was directly related to Phillip’s mental illness, it could have been prevented if his mental health needs had been identified and met. We sincerely hope that our recommendations will help to reduce such risk in future.”
Simelane, born in Swaziland, having arrived in the UK at the age of nine years and lived in Walsall with his siblings and mother, was arrested hours after the attack on Christina on the morning of March 7, last year. The 25-year-old later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
