busybeeburns Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Tenerife: British woman beheaded in Canaries attack A British woman has been beheaded in a shop in Spain's Canary Islands, officials say. Spanish media said a homeless Bulgarian man had been arrested in the town of Los Cristianos. Witnesses said a man entered a Chinese supermarket in a shopping centre and stabbed then beheaded the 62-year-old woman. He is said to have dropped the head outside before being tackled. A local official said the man appeared to choose his victim at random. Witnesses said the man entered the Chinese supermarket in Valdes Shopping Centre and attacked the woman without saying a word. "Apparently this gentleman without any motive or any reason... entered the shop and then cut this woman's neck and took the head in his hand outside," said local councillor Manuel Reveron. A security guard then managed to wrestle the man to the ground, he said. "I parked my car and saw a man running out with something bloody in his hands and a security guard chasing him," one witness was quoted as telling local radio. "He threw it to the ground, it almost hit me and what he had been carrying was a woman's head." In a video posted on YouTube, Colin Kirby of Tenerifemagazine.com said security guards held down the suspect until the police arrived. "The security and the police had to hold people off - they were queuing up - they were trying basically to kick the hell out of the guy," he said. Police sources told Spanish media the suspect had a police record. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13393694 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9SOAhdq9Yw]YouTube - Chinese woman decapitated in Los Cristianos[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Mental. How sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imke Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 What the ... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Doesn't look like anything anyone can plan for on first impressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Osaka Sun Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Cue the "it has to be a Muslim!" comments. :dozey: Honestly, though, this is disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 its scary. poor woman and her family and if you have a weak stomach, don't read the Daily Mail article. it has nasty pictures and very vivd descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 "Apparently this gentleman without any motive or any reason... >>>gentleman wat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 its scary. poor woman and her family and if you have a weak stomach, don't read the Daily Mail article. it has nasty pictures and very vivd descriptions. Doesn't surprise me. That will be lovely for any relatives to read. I don't think too much detail is required in this case, a woman has been beheaded, you don't need much more information. It's only to sell papers. Pricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imke Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Doesn't surprise me. That will be lovely for any relatives to read. I don't think too much detail is required in this case, a woman has been beheaded, you don't need much more information. It's only to sell papers. Pricks. ... and they're extremely accurate ... Araceli Perez, 33, who works nearby, said:'He must be insane because he was running away with his head in her hands.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crests Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmuffin Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 wow... thats just scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eff-exx Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 wtff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancyk58 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 How sad - the 62-year-old victim clearly was at the wrong place at the wrong time. :wreck: Poor relatives of hers. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Deyan Deyanov has been diagnosed with acute paranoid schizophrenia Man guilty of Tenerife beheading A man has been found guilty of decapitating a 60-year-old British grandmother in a Tenerife supermarket. Deyan Deyanov, 29, who has a mental health condition, had denied murdering Jennifer Mills-Westley in May 2011. He faces 15 to 20 years in a psychiatric unit after being convicted by a jury at the court in Santa Cruz. Ms Mills-Westley, from Norwich, had retired to live on the Spanish island. Her family described her as a "highly gifted, selfless person". The court heard she was repeatedly stabbed and then beheaded at a supermarket near the beach in the Canary Islands resort of Los Cristianos. Following the verdict, the victim's family issued a statement criticising British authorities for their lack of support. The jury found that Deyanov was guilty of murder because he took his victim by surprise and she could not defend herself. Under Spanish law he can be found guilty of murder despite his responsibility being diminished as he was suffering schizophrenia. He remained quiet and still as the verdict was read out. But asked by magistrate Maria Jesus Garcia Sanchez if he had anything to say, he told his Bulgarian interpreter: "I am the the second reincarnation of Jesus Christ and I will bring the fire of the Holy Spirit to bear against this court." Prosecutor Angel Garcia Rodriguez asked for the maximum sentence of 20 years in a secure psychiatric ward to be imposed, while Francisco Beltran, for the defence, asked that his client receive the minimum sentence of 15 years. In a joint statement issued through charity Missing Abroad, Ms Mills-Westley's daughters Sarah and Sam said attending the trial had been "incredibly hard on us" and said it "has reiterated the horror of Mum's death". "Since 13 May 2011, Jennifer Mills-Westley has become known as the lady who was beheaded in Tenerife. The truth is she was our mum, our mentor and our best friend. She was a highly gifted, selfless person with so much love in her heart and who has been taken away from us in her prime," it said. "It's hard to put into words the devastating impact that this preventable and needless act has had on us as a family; sadly Mum was in the wrong place at the wrong time." During his trial, Deyanov said he did not recognise himself in "tough" CCTV footage of the attack and had no recollection of ever living on the island. The Bulgarian, who was homeless and could not remember living on the Canary Islands, has been diagnosed with acute paranoid schizophrenia and, when arrested, admitted he had used crack cocaine and LSD. The trial heard that the morning of the murder, Deyanov had walked into another shop and asked for a knife "this big" because he was going to kill someone. At 10.30am he went into the Mas Articulos Mejor Precios shop on Avenida Juan Carlos I, picked up a 22cm-long knife and plunged it repeatedly into Ms Mills-Westley's neck. He then walked out carrying her head before being wrestled to the ground and arrested. On the first day of the trial, Deyanov said "voices" had told him he was "an angel of Jesus Christ who is going to create a new Jerusalem". He was well known to police on the island and had been arrested at least four times since January 2011 for violent offences. A warrant for his arrest had been issued just three days before the killing but officers were unable to locate him. He had previously been sectioned in the summer of 2010 under the Mental Health Act in Glan Clwyd Hospital, North Wales, and again at Tenerife's La Candelaria hospital, before being bailed in early February 2011. In their statement, Ms Mills-Westley's daughters said lessons needed to be learned to ensure from her death to ensure justice was done and so others did not go through the same ordeal. "It is clear to us that there has been a catalogue of failings; unfortunately it is now left to us to piece these together as we still have so many unanswered questions," it said. "We would like to make a plea that the care of people like Deyan Valentinov Deyanov is taken more seriously. He is a young man who has clearly been failed by a number of authorities, in the UK, Spain and most likely others." They added: "Words alone cannot express our thanks to the support provided by Victim Support and the Lucie Blackman Trust - Missing Abroad. However, despite our expectations, we have been disappointed by the lack of any other support; notably the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Mum's MP in her hometown in Norfolk." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21550591 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascading Waterfall Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Araceli Perez, 33, who works nearby, said: 'He must be insane because he was running away with his head in her hands.' I think the worker got things round the wrong way because it was her head in his hands, not his head in her hands. As for beheading the poor woman in a shop. Well that is sick, really sick. I haven't seen the newspaper article, but I do think there wasn't any need to go into so much detail and include graphic photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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