(BBC) A failed asylum seeker who killed his 87-year-old “surrogate grandmother” has been detained indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital.
Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon, 34, stabbed Brenda Blainey in her North Yorkshire home in “circumstances of appalling brutality” on 5 January 2022.
He had been staying with Mrs Blainey, who had offered him a place to study.
At Leeds Crown Court, Judge Rodney Jameson said he potentially posed a life-long serious risk to the public.
Iranian-born Darvish-Narenjbon received a mental health restriction order and hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.
