Woman who killed Scots care worker sentenced with indefinite hospital order

A woman who stabbed her care worker to death at supported accommodation has been sentenced to an indefinite stay in a secure hospital.

McNaughton was originally charged with murder but prosecutors accepted a plea to the lesser charge of culpable homicide. She pleaded guilty on January 8 but sentencing was delayed several times due to difficulty finding a secure hospital to accommodate her. She described McNaughton as having an “intellectual disability” and a diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality disorder with no previous history of violence.

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Top news stories today The Priory Hospital Llanarth Court is a medium-secure unit but Dr Swinson told the court the threshold was “much higher” in England and Wales, and she was aware of several convicted killers who had been accommodated in such units.Advocate depute Graeme Jessop told the court Ms Rutherford’s family had written letters expressing concern.

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