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20.03.2024 - 11:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An NHS trust that jurors felt 'probably contributed' to Ryan Lowry's death through a series of failings has issued an apology following his inquest. Members of the jury ruled yesterday (March 19) that Mr Lowry, from Marple, was 'unlawfully killed' by his cousin Ashley Glennon, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
The tree surgeon, also known as Ashley Rowan, chased the 36-year-old down the street and struck him 13 times with an axe on Moss Lane in Partington, Trafford, in February 2020. Mr Glennon pleaded guilty to manslaughter on account of diminished responsibility at Minshull Street Crown court and was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January 2021.
Following a two-week inquest at South Manchester Coroners Court, in Stockport, jurors yesterday slammed Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) for the way it dealt with Mr Glennon before the killing. The inquest heard he had been sectioned twice before, including in 2019, when he attacked his elderly grandfather and left him with a bleed on the brain.
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On that occasion, he spent two weeks in hospital before being released and transferred to a local community mental health team. Mr Lowry had raised concerns about his concern's mental health in the days before the attack, the inquest heard, while 24 hours before the killing Mr Glennon kicked down the door of his ex-partner's dad's home before following his ex in the street.
In their summary of the circumstances surrounding the death, the jury said that GMMH 'failed to effectively identify, monitor, assess and manage the increased general risk and risk of relapse' by Mr Glennon before he
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