Teenager killed widow with axe in drink-fuelled rage after losing a computer game to his brother

A schizophrenic teenager killed a grandmother with an axe when he went on a drunken rampage after losing at computer games. After drinking a bottle of vodka, James Callaghan, 17, stormed out of his home in a rage armed with an axe and a long-bladed knife. He threatened to attack two girls, struck a passer-by on the head with the axe, terrified a cyclist and tried to smash his way into a couple's flat. By the time police arrived he had forced his way into Irene Roberton's home and killed the 65-year-old widow, Hull Crown Court heard yesterday. In a scene of unimaginable horror, Callaghan, who did not know his victim, struck her six times on the head with the axe, chopped off a finger and repeatedly stabbed her in the back, stomach and leg. Guy Kearl, QC, prosecuting, told the court: 'On the flat walls and on a mirror Callaghan had written a message to his mother in lipstick saying that he was sorry and hadn't intended to kill an old woman. ' Callaghan, now 18, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and unlawful wounding. He was sent indefinitely to a high security mental hospital. After his arrest Callaghan was diagnosed as being a paranoid schizophrenic. He told psychiatrists that for several months he had been hearing voices in his head urging him to kill and had seen a man 'with horns on his head'. He said he began drinking heavily to cope with these visions. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223102/Teenager-killed-widow-axe-drink-fuelled-rage-losing-game-brother.html#ixzz0VL8XZ9T9

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