Colin Neil 'adored' his father and would not have intentionally hurt him, he said
A son killed his father in a hammer attack after family tree research suggested his dad may have had German ancestors, a jury has heard.
As his mother Monica shouted at him and told him that he was hitting his father, Colin Neil said ‘no he’s not’. Jurors were told it was a case of the ‘utmost tragedy’, and that Colin Neil had previously tried to get help but his condition had only been diagnosed after the killing. He was sectioned in 2020 and 2021, and attended accident and emergency twice last year. Around that time, Mr Neil’s mother noticed he was spending more time reading books about war, and in particular German and Russian wars.
On the day of the killing, on Sunday, July 9, last year, without warning Colin Neil ran into the living room with a ‘manic grin’, looking ‘completely vacant’, the prosecutor said. He began to repeatedly hit his father over the head with a hammer without saying anything, Mr Hall said. Mr Hall said Mr Neil hit his father at least five times. Mrs Neil was able to push her son away, before he walked outside and dropped the hammer on the floor. He then walked into his next-door neighbour’s home and ‘confessed’, the jury was told.
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