GUILTY UK - June Fox-Roberts, 65, mudered & dismembered w/chainsaw, Llantwit Fardre, 21 Nov 2021 *Arrest*

[Tortoise]

There's been a few court hearings in this case since January. No reports that I can find.


14-02-2022 Cardiff 4 T20217421
Luke Deeley
Details:
For Mention - Case Started - 15:18



24-02-2022 Cardiff 4 T20217421
Luke Deeley
Details:
For Mention - Case Started - 12:08



14-03-2022 Newport 2 T20217421
Luke Deeley
Details:
For Mention - Case Started - 14:21


https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/crown-court-lists-results.php

 

[Tortoise]

Trial was pencilled in for today. I see it's been delayed.

Cardiff Crown Court​	9​	T20217421​	Luke Deeley​
Details: Plea and Trial Preparation - Case Started - 10:44 Plea and Trial Preparation - Case to be listed for Further Mention/PAD on 30-May-2022 - 11:07 Plea and Trial Preparation - Hearing finished for LUKE DEELEY - 11:15

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/Cardiff-Crown-Court.php

 

[Tortoise]

24 Aug 2022 -

Cardiff Crown Court heard that a planned trial date this October needed to be cancelled so doctors can assess Deeley's mental health.

Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said she wanted an update from doctors in December ahead of a proposed trial date next April.

Student to face trial accused of murdering pensioner in her home | ITV News

 

[annpats]

Cardiff Crown Court heard that a planned trial date this October needed to be cancelled so doctors can assess Deeley's mental health.

To kill an old lady with a chainsaw is about as gruesome as it gets, and I shouldn't think there is much for the doctors to discuss! He needs to be sent to Broadmoor! MOO

 

[Tortoise]

can't find any reports but he last had a hearing on 19th December 2022.

24-08-2022​	Cardiff​	1​	T20217421​	Luke Deeley​
Details: For Mention - Case Started - 09:59 For Mention - Hearing finished for LUKE DEELEY - 10:09 For Mention - Case to be listed for Further Mention/PAD on 19-Dec-2022 - 10:20

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19-12-2022​	Cardiff​	1​	T20217421​	Luke Deeley​
Details: For Mention - Hearing finished for LUKE DEELEY - 10:06

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/crown-court-lists-results.php

 

[Tortoise]

"On Wednesday John Hipkin KC, prosecuting, told the court that three psychiatrists had separately concluded that Luke Deeley was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he killed Ms Fox-Roberts.

Judge Mr Justice Griffiths asked if that meant that "the defendant's mental illness substantially impaired his ability to understand the nature of his conduct, form rational judgement or exercise self control and that as a result, it was appropriate to accept a charge of manslaughter rather than murder".

Mr Hipkin agreed, saying: "We have given it great consideration and accept that plea based on the opinion of three eminent psychiatrists who are all of that view."

Rhondda Cynon Taf: Man pleads guilty to killing woman in her home

Luke Deeley admitted the manslaughter of 65-year-old June Fox-Roberts in 2021.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sentencing on 28th April

 

[Tortoise]

A former art student has admitted killing a grandmother in her own home in an horrific chainsaw attack.

Swansea Crown Court heard paranoid schizophrenic Deeley was not known to the company director Mrs Fox-Roberts - and he attacked her in the family home in November 2021.

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-03-15/former-student-admits-killing-grandmother-in-horror-chainsaw-attack

 

[Luwin]

I cannot begin to imagine her fear - I hope she was quickly unaware of what was happening to her

 

[Tortoise]

I cannot begin to imagine her fear - I hope she was quickly unaware of what was happening to her

It is unimaginable.

 

[Tortoise]

Mr Hipkin explained Deeley had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and due to the nature of his illness the Crown had accepted his plea to the manslaughter of Mrs Fox-Roberts by reason of diminished responsibility.

Detaining Deeley indefinitely, Judge Mr Justice Griffiths told the court: 'This was a brutal killing and dismemberment of a woman after you went into her house at night.

'I am satisfied that the most suitable way of dealing with you is under the mental health act that you are detained at Ashworth high security hospital.

'There is a high risk you will commit further serious offences if you are not detained. Detention is necessary to protect the public from serious harm. It’s not possible to say how long that will be so.'

Mr Justice Griffiths imposed a hospital order under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act and a restriction order under Section 41 - meaning Deeley can be detained indefinitely.

Schizophrenic, 26, used axe to dismember 65-year-old great-grandmother

Luke Deeley, 26, was armed with an axe and powerful chainsaw when he broke into the home of the 'caring and motherly' June Fox-Roberts, 65, in the early hours of November 21, 2021.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Deeley had attempted to clean the bloodied hallway with bleach before he shaved and dyed his hair in a bid to change his appearance.

He then fled the scene and slept in a trailer in a nearby industrial estate.

CCTV footage played to the court showed Deeley talking and singing to himself while wrapped in a blanket after the attack.

He was arrested two days after the killing before he claimed he had been instructed by a "higher power" to kill someone.

Chilling moment killer rocks on ground beat and beheaded stranger in her home

THIS is the chilling moment a killer rocked on the ground after he strolled into a stranger’s home, beat her to death then decapitated her. Luke Deeley, 26, bludgeoned mum-of-three June Fox-R…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Luwin]

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-08-02/who-was-june-fox-roberts-and-what-happened-to-her

Itv documentary on this case