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Man detained for stabbing dog walker to death

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Dawood Safi, 28, was given an indefinite hospital order after being found guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing Wayne Broadhurst, 49, in Uxbridge, west London, on October 27 last year. Before killing Broadhurst, Safi attacked his landlord Shahzad Farrukh and stabbed a 14-year-old boy during a series of violent incidents while experiencing paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations. The judge at Southwark Crown Court recommended that Safi be deported but left the final decision to the Home Secretary.

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On 27 October 2023, Dawood Safi, a 28-year-old Afghan refugee who entered the UK illegally in November 2020 by stowing away on a truck, stabbed and killed Wayne Broadhurst (49), a street cleaner walking his dog near Uxbridge, London. Safi also attacked his landlord, Shahzad Farrukh, and injured a 14-year-old boy during the same incident. At Southwark Crown Court on Monday, Mrs Justice Cutts ruled that Safi was in a psychotic state at the time of the attacks and imposed an indefinite hospital order for treatment, pending a decision by the Home Secretary regarding deportation. CCTV footage showed residents trying to fend off Safi as he attacked passersby.

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Safi PERSON · 3× Afghan NORP · 1× Broadhurst PERSON · 1× Cutts PERSON · 1× Dawood Safi PERSON · 1× London GPE · 1× Shahzad Farrukh PERSON · 1× Southwark Crown Court ORG · 1× Uxbridge GPE · 1× Wayne Broadhurst PERSON · 1×

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At Southwark Crown Court, Mrs Justice Cutts said Safi, an Afghan refugee, had been "in a psychotic state" and recommended that he be deported, but said the final decision rests with the Home Secretary.

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Man detained for stabbing dog walker to death · assertive framing

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- Published A man who killed a dog walker and attacked two other people in a "frenzy of violence" in west London has been given an indefinite hospital order for manslaughter. asserted

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Dawood Safi, 28, fatally stabbed Wayne Broadhurst, 49, in the street during a series of knife attacks which began at Safi's home in Uxbridge on 27 October last year. asserted

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Safi, who was having paranoid delusions and hearing voices, attacked his landlord Shahzad Farrukh minutes before killing Broadhurst, and also stabbed a 14-year-old boy. asserted

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