Knifeman ‘stabbed two strangers including gran, 82, on the day he was due a mental health assessment’

A KNIFEMAN stabbed two strangers, killing one, on the day he was due a mental health assessment, a court heard yesterday.

Norris Henry, 38, knifed gran Betty Walsh, 82, in the back with a 9in blade.

Betty survived, but Henry then asked student Abucar Ali, 20, “You want it as well?” before stabbing him to death.

The Old Bailey heard Henry suffers treatment-resistant schizophrenia and thought he was being targeted in Brentford, West London.

He had confronted locals in the 18 months before the 2021 attack, and written on every wall in his home.

Henry is unfit to stand trial for murder and attempted murder.

A jury must decide if he did the stabbings so he can continue to be detained in hospital.

Trial continues.