‘X Factor’ delusion led man to behead wife

A mentally ill man who beheaded his wife after he suffered a delusion while watching The X Factor has been sectioned indefinitely.

Timothy Allen, 40, killed Samantha Ho, 39, at their home in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, in August 2015.

Her head and body were discovered separately, and an autopsy ruled she died of multiple cuts to the neck.