lifelong friends michael callaghan, seen here singing, and jacob billington, on the left, playing in were two of eight people stabbed in the centre of birmingham. their attacker, zephaniah mcleod, a paranoid schizophrenic, had recently been released from prison. he had a long history of offending and was well known to the authorities. he fatally stabbed jacob and left michael with life—changing injuries. now an independent report into how organisations managed mcleod has been published. he was making threats, and saying he was hearing voices telling him to kill people. even then he wasn't adequately risk—assessed and was let out of prison with absolutely no plan for his release. i can't forgive that. when i read the report and it's red flag, after red flag, ijust don't know how he was on the street in that situation. ijust can't believe it. mcleod pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, attempted murder and wounding. the report says he wasn't appropriately treated and medicated from 2011 to 2020. he didn't engage with services and was reluctant to