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| Grandson killed anti-gun activist | Grandson killed anti-gun activist |
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| The grandson of anti-gun campaigner Pat Regan has admitted killing her in a frenzied knife attack in Leeds. | |
| Rakeim Regan, 20, stabbed Mrs Regan to death at a property in Marlborough Grange in the Hyde Park in May 2008. | |
| Regan was ordered to be detained indefinitely at a secure psychiatric hospital at Leeds Crown Court. | |
| The night before the killing, Mrs Regan had asked for him to be allowed home with her after he was assessed by a mental health nurse. | |
| The court heard Regan was taken to accident and emergency at St James Hospital, in Leeds, following bizarre behaviour. | |
| Mental Health Act | Mental Health Act |
| He was assessed by a mental health nurse who weighed up whether to release him with medication or to detain him under the Mental Health Act. | He was assessed by a mental health nurse who weighed up whether to release him with medication or to detain him under the Mental Health Act. |
| But Pat Regan asked for her grandson to come home with her. | But Pat Regan asked for her grandson to come home with her. |
| Graham Hyland QC, defending, told the court: "It was Pat Regan's wish for him to come home with medication. | Graham Hyland QC, defending, told the court: "It was Pat Regan's wish for him to come home with medication. |
| "Tragically that wish, borne out of her love and concern for the welfare of her grandson, cost Pat Regan her life the following morning." |