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| A health watchdog report into how a paranoid schizophrenic came to stab a vicar to death is to be published. | A health watchdog report into how a paranoid schizophrenic came to stab a vicar to death is to be published. |
| Geraint Evans, who was 24, was detained indefinitely for killing Father Paul Bennett, 59, outside his vicarage at Trecynon, Aberdare, south Wales. | Geraint Evans, who was 24, was detained indefinitely for killing Father Paul Bennett, 59, outside his vicarage at Trecynon, Aberdare, south Wales. |
| The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) report is expected to be hard-hitting and may show issues about his mental health were known to the authorities | The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) report is expected to be hard-hitting and may show issues about his mental health were known to the authorities |
| It may also highlight a failure of coordination between various agencies. | It may also highlight a failure of coordination between various agencies. |
| The HIW, ordered by the assembly government, also considered the response from the ambulance service and the care and support offered to the vicar's family. | The HIW, ordered by the assembly government, also considered the response from the ambulance service and the care and support offered to the vicar's family. |
| The killing took place on 14 March 2007 outside the vicarage at St Fagan's Church in Trecynon. | The killing took place on 14 March 2007 outside the vicarage at St Fagan's Church in Trecynon. |
| Father Paul Bennett was killed as he went to put the rubbish out | Father Paul Bennett was killed as he went to put the rubbish out |
| Father Paul, who was profoundly deaf, was attacked as he went to put the rubbish out. His wife Georgina, hearing his screams, went outside to see Evans on top of her husband, attacking him. | Father Paul, who was profoundly deaf, was attacked as he went to put the rubbish out. His wife Georgina, hearing his screams, went outside to see Evans on top of her husband, attacking him. |
| Evans, who was obsessed with the devil, was detained indefinitely at a high security psychiatric unit for manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility at Cardiff Crown Court the following October. | Evans, who was obsessed with the devil, was detained indefinitely at a high security psychiatric unit for manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility at Cardiff Crown Court the following October. |
| Judge Nicholas Cooke QC said it was the "brutal killing of a wholly innocent man in an act of inhuman savagery. | Judge Nicholas Cooke QC said it was the "brutal killing of a wholly innocent man in an act of inhuman savagery. |
| "It was a killing as cruel as is possible to contemplate." | "It was a killing as cruel as is possible to contemplate." |
| The court heard Evans suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and a personality disorder, and had used cannabis and inhaled lighter fuel since his early teens. | The court heard Evans suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and a personality disorder, and had used cannabis and inhaled lighter fuel since his early teens. |
| 'Devastated' | 'Devastated' |
| He was obsessed with God and the devil and fixated with religion and knives. | He was obsessed with God and the devil and fixated with religion and knives. |
| He was a subscriber and contributor to satanic websites using the pseudonym Jack Blade where he declared: "I am Satan." | He was a subscriber and contributor to satanic websites using the pseudonym Jack Blade where he declared: "I am Satan." |
| Beverley Pike's son Craig was stabbed by Geraint Evans in a previous incident but survived | |
| He lived in a flat overlooking the vicarage of St Fagan's Church and had written his plans for the killing on his computer. | He lived in a flat overlooking the vicarage of St Fagan's Church and had written his plans for the killing on his computer. |
| Until his arrest for the killing, he had never previously been under the care of psychiatric services. | Until his arrest for the killing, he had never previously been under the care of psychiatric services. |
| After the health watchdog inquiry was announced, Evans' mother Caroline said he was "devastated" by what he had done. | After the health watchdog inquiry was announced, Evans' mother Caroline said he was "devastated" by what he had done. |
| She said: "He was hoping rather than taking someone else's life, he would have died. | She said: "He was hoping rather than taking someone else's life, he would have died. |
| "He knew he was ill, more than anyone else or myself. He just kept holding it in and it got worse." | "He knew he was ill, more than anyone else or myself. He just kept holding it in and it got worse." |