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A police officer who saw the body of dog walker has told a murder trial he thought he had been attacked by his own pet because of the "strange" injuries.

Peter Wrighton, 83, was found dead in a woodland near East Harling, Norfolk, in August with neck and throat wounds.

Norfolk Police PC Andrew London told a court he had "never seen anything like" Mr Wrighton's injuries.

Alexander Palmer, 24, admits being in the area at the time of the attack but denies murdering Mr Wrighton.

Earlier in the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, prosecutor Stephen Spence said Mr Palmer told medical professionals a voice in his head called "Little Alex" instructed him to harm or kill people and had a "grudge against dog walkers".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-43147587
 
Earlier in the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, prosecutor Stephen Spence said Mr Palmer told medical professionals a voice in his head called "Little Alex" instructed him to harm or kill people and had a "grudge against dog walkers".

Held a grudge against dog walkers? Thats some crazy right there. I hope they were shitting all over the jerkoff's lawn.
 
Little Alex" instructed him to harm or kill people and had a "grudge against dog walkers".

This is why I run my dog while riding my bicycle - easier to escape those pesky dog walker killers.

"oooh, out of breath mr dog walker killer? Not so scary anymore, are you!"
 
The sad part here is the colossal misunderstanding it is.
The voice in his head was meant for someone else and was actually saying.
"kill the dog, Walker"
They need to find this Walker guy before dogs start dying mysteriously.
 
A former soldier has been found guilty of murdering an 83-year-old dog walker who suffered 45 knife wounds.

Alexander Palmer, 24, attacked Peter Wrighton from behind with a knife before dragging his body under brambles in woodland in Norfolk in August 2017.

At Nottingham Crown Court, he had admitted being in the area at the time of the attack but denied murder.

Palmer, of Cringleford, near Norwich, will be sentenced on Thursday so Mr Wrighton's widow can attend.

During the trial the court heard police were initially unaware of Palmer and concluded the victim had been attacked and killed near East Harling on 5 August by some sort of animal, due to his throat injuries.

But a psychologist who had treated Palmer at RAF Marham read press reports of the case.

She contacted the force telling them she thought he could be responsible for the death.

[...]

Palmer was injured as a victim of an assault while serving in the Army, where he served in a commando regiment, the prosecution said. He left in November 2015.

The incident appeared to trigger problems which required mental health treatment, Mr Spence said.

He said Palmer had told hospital staff: "I will plan out the method in my head, go to the desired place where I wish the scene to be set and then I will carry out the act of hurting someone.

"It could be anyone that it happens to."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-43226345
 
Then imagine going to see it when it first came out. Back in the good old days. It probably wouldn't phase me today. Maybe I'll watch it again and find out.
 
The parents of a mentally ill ex-soldier warned a health trust he was collecting knives before he murdered an 83-year-old dog walker.

A letter from a Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust psychiatrist said Palmer was told to "get rid" of the weapons and would "hopefully" comply.

The trust said an internal review into the case was under way.

Palmer was described as "dangerous" when he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Mr Wrighton, whose injuries were so severe police initially thought he had been killed by an animal.

Palmer's parents said their warnings that their son was not taking his medication were ignored because health workers said they could only "believe the patient".

His mother and stepfather - who do not want to be named - told BBC Look East he had been documented as saying it was "inevitable" he would kill.

In January 2017, Palmer, who lived in Cringleford near Norwich, told his GP he was experiencing more voices telling him to hurt people and had bought a hunting knife and a machete.

Palmer, 24, subsequently visited a specialist at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, who wrote to the GP.

"It is in his best interests to get rid of such weapons. Alex is aware of this and understands this and hopefully will act accordingly," the specialist wrote.

The letter goes on to say that Palmer did not feel driven to act on his violent fantasies.

Palmer had served in an Army commando regiment but was discharged in November 2015 after his head was "crushed" in a violent attack, his parents said.

They said he returned home a "different" person but received multiple diagnoses from a string of professionals.

His mother added: "It says in the letter 'mum was concerned about what Alex was going to do with those knives'. There was no 'this is a mental health patient with a machete'."

His stepfather said: "They were talking to him like he was a teenager as opposed to a trained soldier."

His mother said Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust had "missed chances" to prevent the killing.

"I am not going to blame them solely, maybe we should have done more, but the amount of times we were treated like we were interfering, it didn't matter how desperate I was," she said.

Palmer's stepfather added: "Peter Wrighton paid the price and his family continues to do so."

In a statement, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust said its independently-chaired internal review was due to finish this summer.

His parents said their concerns about medical treatment for their son were continuing.

Before Palmer was convicted, he was held at Rampton Secure Hospital but he is now serving his sentence in the general prison population at Wakefield jail, West Yorkshire.

His mother said within two weeks he had carved the word 'help' into his arm and lost two stones. She believed he needed to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital.

"We are aware Alex has committed a horrendous crime... but we both believe he was let down... even now he is not getting any support in prison," she told the BBC's Today programme.

"He still is an ill person."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-43975368
 
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