Christina Anderson jailed for eight years over fatal stabbing of stranger

Christina Anderson, who had been undergoing a psychotic episode when she stabbed 38-year-old Gareth Kelly to death, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility due to a mental disorder

Christina Anderson

A woman who was undergoing a psychotic episode when she stabbed a stranger to death has been given an eight-year prison sentence by a judge at the Central Criminal Court.

Christina Anderson will also be required to work with probation services and engage with psychiatric treatment for four years after she is released or she will face a further three years in custody.