The mother of a man believed to have murdered a woman in an act of cannibalism in Wales has said her son “should have been in hospital”.

An inquiry should be launched into reports that a man in Britain said to have murdered a 22-year-old woman in an act of cannibalism was not monitored upon his release from jail, a politician has said.

The grisly murder of a woman in a reported act of cannibalism which saw her alleged killer die after being Tasered by police has left residents of a village in Wales stunned.

A convicted criminal has died in Wales after he was tasered after attacking a woman whose face he allegedly tried to eat.