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| Charity admits stab death errors | Charity admits stab death errors |
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| A mental health charity has pleaded guilty to failing to protect the safety of an employee who was stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic man. | |
| Ashleigh Ewing, 22, was found dead in Ronald Dixon's house at Heaton, Newcastle, in May 2006. | Ashleigh Ewing, 22, was found dead in Ronald Dixon's house at Heaton, Newcastle, in May 2006. |
| Dixon, then 35, later denied murder, but admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. | Dixon, then 35, later denied murder, but admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. |
| Ms Ewing's employer, Sunderland-based Mental Health Matters admitted a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act. | Ms Ewing's employer, Sunderland-based Mental Health Matters admitted a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act. |
| The Northumbria University psychology graduate, from Hebburn, South Tyneside, was visiting Dixon's home as part of her work with the charity when she was attacked. | |
| She was stabbed 39 times with four different kitchen knives. | |
| Following a trial in October 2007, Dixon was detained indefinitely. |