Knife killer Nicola Edgington was found guilty of murder and attempted murder after attacking two women in Bexleyheath. See the articles below for details of the case.

Multiple homicides by Oxleas mental health patients besides Nicola Edgington

Oxleas patient Lee James murdered a teenager in Erith in 2009.

5:11pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

BEXLEYHEATH knife murderer Nicola Edgington is far from the only patient cared for by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to have killed in the past decade.

Met Police defends officers who failed to check Nicola Edgington's past convictions

Nicola Edgington.

2:40pm Tuesday 5th March 2013

THE Met police have said running Nicola Edgington’s name through the Police National Computer (PNC) would not have stopped her murderous rampage.

Bexleyheath knife murderer Nicola Edgington jailed for life

Nicola Edgington.

10:26am Monday 4th March 2013

BEXLEYHEATH knife murderer Nicola Edgington has today been jailed for life.

Police missed chance to detain murderer Nicola Edgington on day she killed, report reveals

Nicola Edgington.

12:25pm Monday 4th March 2013

POLICE officers missed the chance to detain Nicola Edgington on the morning she stabbed Sally Hodkin to death in Bexleyheath Broadway, the police watchdog has revealed.

Bexleyheath knife murder: Nicola Edgington to be sentenced next week

Nicola Edgington.

2:16pm Thursday 28th February 2013

BEXLEYHEATH knife murderer Nicola Edgington will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Monday.

Nicola Edgington guilty of Bexleyheath knife murder

Nicola Edgington.

3:51pm Thursday 7th February 2013

A MENTAL health patient has been found guilty of a horrific Bexleyheath knife murder.

Video: Bexleyheath knife murderer Nicola Edgington fleeing scene and being arrested

Bexleyheath knife killer Nicola Edgington fleeing the scene

5:44pm Thursday 7th February 2013

POLICE have released dramatic CCTV footage showing Bexleyheath knife killer Nicola Edgington fleeing the murder scene and being arrested.

Bexleyheath knife murder: Nurses fired for lying how they chased killer Nicola Edgington

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

5:21pm Thursday 7th February 2013

TWO nurses were sacked for lying about their conduct on the morning of Nicola Edgington’s murderous Bexleyheath rampage.

Bexleyheath murderer Nicola Edgington's religious delusions

Nicola Edgington.

5:14pm Thursday 7th February 2013

MURDERER Nicola Edgington – who knifed two people in Bexleyheath - had a history of mental illness dating back to the killing of her mother in 2005.

Bexleyheath knife murder: Family of Sally Hodkin pay tribute to 'loving, caring, fantastic' woman

Sally Hodkin.

4:46pm Thursday 7th February 2013

A statement issued by the family of Sally Hodkin this afternoon reads:

Jury out in Nicola Edgington Bexleyheath knife murder trial

4:05pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

THE jury is out in the trial of a mental patient accused of murdering a grandmother in the street in Bexleyheath.

Nicola Edgington had 'delusions of 100-eyed monster' before Bexleyheath stabbings

The scene in Albion Road where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

2:15pm Monday 28th January 2013

MENTAL health patient Nicola Edgington had delusions of a 100-eyed monster in the days before she knifed two people in Bexleyheath, a jury heard.

Bexleyheath murder accused Nicola Edgington 'should not have left hospital' before knife attacks

The scene in Albion Road where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

2:42pm Thursday 24th January 2013

MENTAL health patient Nicola Edgington should not have been allowed to leave hospital hours before she allegedly murdered a stranger in the street, a court heard.

Bexleyheath murder accused Nicola Edgington told to 'cut wrists' by her brother

Flowers left at the scene where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

5:49pm Thursday 17th January 2013

MENTAL health patient Nicola Edgington was told "do us all a favour and cut your wrists" by her brother just days before two Bexleyheath knife attacks which she is on trial for.

Bexleyheath knife murder: Woman 'wrestled knife' from Nicola Edgington

The scene in Albion Road where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

5:27pm Thursday 10th January 2013

A MENTAL health patient told a stranger "you're the crazy one" seconds after trying to stab her in the street, a court heard.

Bexleyheath knife murder: Junior doctor told police Nicola Edgington could be danger to public

Flowers left at the scene where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

2:19pm Thursday 10th January 2013

A WORRIED junior doctor told police Nicola Edgington could be a danger to the public moments after the alleged knife murderer left hospital, a court heard.

Bexleyheath murder accused Nicola Edgington: 'Last time I was feeling like this I killed my mum'

Scene of the Bexleyheath knife attack in which Sally Hodkin died

5:28pm Wednesday 9th January 2013

"LAST time I was feeling like this I killed my mum" pleaded the defendant in hysterical emergency calls played to the jury in the Nicola Edgington murder trial today.

Bexleyheath knife murder: Nicola Edgington pleaded with police to section her

The scene in Albion Road where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

2:45pm Wednesday 9th January 2013

POLICE today faced heavy criticism during the trial into Bexleyheath murder suspect Nicola Edgington.

Greenwich mental health patient on trial accused of Bexleyheath knife murder

The scene in Albion Road where Sally Hodkin was stabbed.

3:58pm Tuesday 8th January 2013

A MENTAL health patient pleaded to be sectioned just hours before stabbing two strangers in a murderous Bexleyheath knife attack, a court heard.

Woman denies murder of Sally Hodkin in Bexleyheath

Edgington is charged with the murder of Sally Hodkin (pictured)

10:45am Friday 22nd June 2012

A 31-YEAR-OLD woman charged with murder and attempted murder in Bexleyheath last year has pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey today.

Son's tribute to 'loving' victim of knife attack

Sally Hodkin was knifed in an attack on the morning of October 10 last year.

11:26am Wednesday 23rd May 2012

THE son of a grandmother who was stabbed to death in Bexleyheath has spoken for the first time since her death.

Murder suspect fails to appear in court over Bexleyheath stabbings

UPDATE: Woman seen running from butchers before Bexleyheath stabbing

3:48pm Tuesday 11th October 2011

A SUSPECTED murderer failed to attend a court hearing a day after a grandmother was left dead and another injured in a knife attack in Bexleyheath.

Greenwich woman charged with Bexleyheath street murder

Police cordoned off part of Bexleyheath town centre yesterday

8:25am Tuesday 11th October 2011

A 31-YEAR-OLD woman is due to appear in court today accused of murdering one woman and attempting to murder another in Bexleyheath yesterday.




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