psychminded.co.uk
By staff reporter
A law graduate strangled a 59-year-old woman when they were both patients on a psychiatric ward in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Telahum Tedola (Tecola?) confessed to the killing and told a nurse he attacked Rosalyn McManus because she accused him of being a spy.
Tedola, 36, could face being sent to hospital for life after last week he admitted manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court, the Rochdale Observer newspaper reported.
Alistair Webster QC, who accepted Tedola’s plea of not guilty to murder, said it was clear from psychiatric reports that he was suffering from a serious mental illness.
Tedola, who is being held at Ashworth secure hospital, was remanded in custody until 14 March for sentence.
Judge Andrew Gilbart said: “I require reports from consultant psychiatrists about your condition but the result will be either a sentence of imprisonment or you will be committed to a secure mental hospital.”
At the time of the killing, Ms McManus was an in-patient on the psychiatric ward at Birch Hill Hospital where Tedola was also a patient.
Tedola was admitted as an emergency after staff at a hostel where he was living were concerned about his health and his claims he was being persecuted, the Rochdale Observer reported.
Tedola, who came to England in 2005 after getting a law degree in Ethiopia, strangled Ms McManus in the women’s TV lounge one evening last August.
Tedola was seen coming out of the lounge holding a black belt which was in a loop and told a nurse he killed Ms Manus after she called him a spy. (He must be Meles’ cousin.)
6 thoughts on “UK: Ethiopian mental patient strangles woman at psychiatric ward”
Elias,
He must be your cousin rather; or one of your DERG commrades! There is enough reason to believe so. You know why? Ask your self: who could have left Ethiopia in 2005, meaning after the election? Not really Mele’s cousin, but …
If brave enough, you will get the answer
Hey Elias Ebdu
He rather must be your cousin. It is you who is losing his sense day by day. Meles is a brilliant leader who is making wonders in Ethiopia. You are not morally fit to call his name.
You rikash, rubbish traitor.
You shall perish in agony and despair.
it is very strange and regretable that people can make fun of a very unfortunate and sad situation. it is important to realize that our people are made to suffer mental health problems due to the harsh conditions and draconian immigration policies they are subjected to. I am 100% sure that this person committed this crime not because he is part of one political party or another but rather because of his mental health status. I suggest we clothe ourselves with great senstivity …….
Alula,
You are one of empty rhetoric who does not make sense at all. Someone have been saying that “If Ethiopia to advance, there has to be change in mindset and social re-engineering”
Elias, i think you should also go to the psychatrist ward like this poor guy. It is very immoral and stupid to compare this sick and depressed person with Meles.
it seems you are degenerating everyday
My dear biratu,
Your statement: “Meles is a brilliant leader who is making wonders in Ethiopia” has no merit at all.
What does a brilliant leader do?
– a brilliant leader believes in democracy and the rule of law
– a brilliant leader treats his citizens equally
– a brilliant leader prohibits the killings of his innocent citizens
– a brilliant leader builds bridges, roads, highways, schools, hospitals, and dams
– a brilliant leader protects his country’s historical artifacts, biblical manuscripts and paintings from being sold out to a foreign land
– a brilliant leader finds ways and means to open seaports for his landlocked country
– a brilliant leader negotiates a peace treaty with his neighboring countries
– a brilliant leader, above all, believes in God and allows political parties to participate in free election without intimidating them
What does a blind leader like Meles Seitanawi do?
– a blind leader divides his country ethnically and pits one province against the other
– a blind leader deceives his people by stealing millions of money without their knowledge
– a blind leader builds hundreds of jails in every region of his country
– a blind leader leaves in a palace while most of his people are living in dilapidated houses
– a blind leader acknowledges only one party, and that is his own party
– a blind leader sells a public land to a foreign country
– a blind leader wages war with his neighboring countries
– a blind leader puts his asset in a foreign bank instead of in the bank of his country.