Man who cut his mother’s head off as he believed she was the devil sentenced to indefinite hospital order

The man was convinced she would resurrect if he poured holy water and blood upon her dismembered body parts
Man who cut his mother’s head off as he believed she was the devil sentenced to indefinite hospital order

Ernest Grusza was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity at Cambridge Crown Court. Picture: Cambridgeshire Police/PA

A man who cut his mother’s head off, believing her to be the devil, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Ernest Grusza, 41, cut 59-year-old Wiesslawa Mierzejeska into 11 pieces in her flat in St Ives in Cambridgeshire, Cambridge Crown Court was told.

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