lee byer pulled a knife and attacked thomas o'halloran.er 100 metres in that direction before his mobility scooter came to a halt. lee byer hurried away, knife in hand. this woman seems completely unaware of what just in hand. this woman seems completely unaware of whatjust happened. he broke the knife and up to handle and a drain. he bought gloves and a bleach and tried to burn his trainers, but detectives recovered part of them. thomas o'halloran was known locally for his accordion and charity collections. he known locally for his accordion and charity collections.— charity collections. he wasn't a erson charity collections. he wasn't a person that — charity collections. he wasn't a person that was _ charity collections. he wasn't a person that was settling - charity collections. he wasn't a person that was settling down | charity collections. he wasn't a l person that was settling down in charity collections. he wasn't a - person that was settling down in his old age. he was certainly a man that wanted to do more, but it all the househo

the police arrested lee byer very quickly., but he didn't do it very well. the police were able to tracking using cctv primarily. when the case came to court it turned out lee byer had been demonstrating pretty strong signs he had been suffering from a mental health condition. for example, he wrote to the court that he had believed that he was in a hunger games scenario where he had to defend himself and kill other people. doctors who were brought in to assess him said he was suffering from a form of paranoid schizophrenia, which was directing him through voices in his head to be violent. thejudge him through voices in his head to be violent. the judge accepted a reduced plea of manslaughter, rather than the murders he was originally charged with. the day he has been sent to the high security special hospital, broadmoor, whether it is expected he will potentially spend entire life he has left being treated for his condition. the family of thomas o'halloran were in court today. in an impact statement they described him as a muc

judge went into and a bit of detail, back in 2020, deceive you in 2020, deceiving the timeline, lee byer schizophrenia and had been given medication and moved between prison in moved in the prison thousand the news this week because concerns have been raised by prisoners inspectors on the way it is being managed it was released in 2022 in august there were no notes about his mental health and he was not receiving any medication and i think that is going to lead to some questions being asked about some of the mental condition being properly treated by the combined system of the health service and prison staff and he had to be in the hospital rather than prison simply to protect the people who worked in prisons. the 75—year—old ringleader of an armed robbery rep police officer was shot dead 20 years ago has been jailed for her murder. children responded to our armed robbery and her colleague teresa was seriously injured. spending nearly 20 years of aiding justice and now he was told he would serve 40 years in prison by the representative of the family spoke outside of the court. the 18th o

lee byer, who's 45, was suffering from paranoid delusions when he attacked the pensioner.uption is expected this weekend with drivers on the m25 want only to use it if necessary. it will be shut between junctions nine and ten from 9pm this evening to 6am on monday morning. cyber attacks on uk schools have caused cancelled lessons and weeks of disruption, according to new figures. hackers are increasingly targeting schools because they hold a wealth of sensitive data but have limited budgets to spend on software and security. the education and childcare sector reported 347 cyber—incidents to the information commissioner's office in 2023. that's an increase of 55% on the previous year. some incidents have even forced schools to temporarily close. here's our education correspondent elaine dunkley. could literally see the cursor moving on their screen remotely. across the country, the cyber scammers are targeting schools. the whole thing feels very sinister, actually. international gangs stealing sensitive data about pupils and parents and demanding money. they're constantly t

thomas o'halloran was riding his mobility scooter in west london when lee byers stabbed him.e 87 year old suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck, his chest and abdomen. police say the motiveless attack has left his family shocked and horrified . sir keir starmer says horrified. sir keir starmer says that he would scrap to scrap rishi sunak's flagship rwanda scheme on day one of a labour government. the labour leader wants to create a new border security command instead, and vowed to make british shores hostile territory for people smuggling gangs. dover mp natalie elphicke, who has just switched from the conservatives to labour, welcomes the approach she's accused rishi sunak of failing to keep the borders secure. but the prime minister has claimed many of sir keir starmer's proposals are already in place . in place. >> the question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our law enforcement officers new powers? they've now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migra

thomas o'halloran was riding his mobility scooter in west london when lee byers stabbed him.87 year old suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck, his chest and abdomen. police say the motiveless attack has left his family shocked and horrified . sir keir starmer says horrified. sir keir starmer says that he would scrap to scrap rishi sunak's flagship rwanda scheme on day one of a labour government. the labour leader wants to create a new border security command instead, and vowed to make british shores hostile territory for people smuggling gangs. dover mp natalie elphicke, who has just switched from the conservatives to labour, welcomes the approach she's accused rishi sunak of failing to keep the borders secure. but the prime minister has claimed many of sir keir starmer's proposals are already in place . in place. >> the question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our law enforcement officers new powers? they've now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migrati

thomas o'halloran was riding his mobility scooter in west london when lee byers stabbed him.e 87 year old suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck, his chest and his abdomen. police say the motiveless attack has left his family shocked and horrified. we've heard tonight that in northern ireland, a 37 year old man has been arrested in connection with what police have called a barbaric attack in the town of bushmills. it's after another man in his 20s was found nailed to a fence, leaving him with potentially life changing injuries. police say the suspect has been detained under the terrorism act, and that their investigations are ongoing . sir keir starmer says ongoing. sir keir starmer says that flights taking migrants to rwanda would stop on day one of a labour government . the party a labour government. the party has the party leader, rather has confirmed he'll scrap the scheme, calling it a gimmick. instead, he's pledging to tackle illegal migration with a new border security command, which he says will include m15 agents. dover mp natalie elphicke , who's dover mp natalie

now coming up, 45 year old lee byer is to be sentenced today after having admitted the manslaughter byn, who died after being stabbed whilst riding a mobility scooter back in august 2022. well, after the break, we'll be speaking to the former mp for the constituency where the attack happened. what a curious case. this is much more after this good afternoon. britain. it's 2:24 now. lee beyer, 45 years old, of southall, west london, is to be sentenced today after having admitted the manslaughter of this man, thomas o'halloran. now he's admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility after thomas o'halloran was stabbed to death. he was 87 years old. he was stabbed while riding his mobility scooter back in august 2022, and he was managed to travel around 75 yards on his mobility scooter. he flagged down a member of the pubuc he flagged down a member of the public for help, but it was too all late now. the attack took place in greenford in west london, which lies in the ealing nonh london, which lies in the ealing north constituency . the former north constituency. the former mp for the