Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence
- Country
- England & Wales
- Hearing Date
- 9 January 2015
- Court Location
- Bristol Crown Court
- Judge
- Mr Justice Davis
- Case Number
- T20147333
- Name
- Ryan Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Bail Position
- In Custody
Offence/s
- Length
- Life
Sentencing Details
- Public Protection Sentence
- Minimum to Serve - Whole Life
- Total Sentence
- Whole Life Term
- Sentenced Upon
- Conviction After Trial
- Distinguishing Features / Details
- He pleaded guilty to the murder of his 53-year-old victim at Wotton Lawn hospital, Gloucestersire, on 9 July 2014. He was a patient (paranoid schizophrenic) at the mental health hospital when he stabbed his victim, a healthcare assistant, twice in the back with a kitchen knife in a corridor of the (Montpellier Unit) hospital. The court heard that it was a random attack motivated by his resistance to a planned move to a different hospital (Ty Catrin Hospital, Cardiff) later that same day. He was serving a life sentence for the murders of two people in 1983. A whole life order was made and he is to be detained at Broadmoor mental health hospital.
The judge said: "The significance of that hospital unit in Wales is that the regime there was not to your liking. You couldn't smoke there, you couldn't have Internet access as much as you wanted. As you said to people at Wotton Lawn, you would rather go to prison instead. That is why you killed Sharon Wall." - Online Resources
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- Chambers
- Guildhall Chambers
- Barrister
- Richard Lloyd Smith KC
- Police Area
- Gloucestershire Constabulary
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