'You never know, this might be my last gin.'
These were the words of Tricia Livesey as she ordered her final drink at the Swan Inn on Friday, November 19, 2021. They were to become chillingly prophetic.
But at the pub, Tip's mood changed when he received a phone call from Lee, telling him he had broken their bedroom door. Martin said: "Tip seemed agitated." Parenting was not an easy task for Tip, 60, and Tricia, 57. As a child, Lee was a loner and did not play out with the other children in the village - but as he entered his late teenage years, he developed a mental health condition. When Lee was aged 19 and 22, he spent time as an inpatient on a psychiatric unit before being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He returned to the family home in Cann Bridge Street, under the care of the community mental health team and his loving parents.
He attacked Anthony first but when Tricia tried to intervene, Lee turned the knife on her. He inflicted more than 300 separate injuries upon his parents, and used an aerosol to launch a flamethrower at his dad. It was the beginning of a web of lies told by the paranoid killer, as he tried to paint himself as the victim. Throughout the trial at Preston Crown Court, Lee Tipping constructed a picture of self-pity.
Two psychiatrists, Drs Barlow and Baker, who examined Tipping at Guild Lodge, agreed he was suffering an enduring psychotic illness, with entrenched patterns of thinking, cognitive deficits and difficulties with personal relationships. They said the paranoid schizophrenia did not substantially impair his ability to understand his actions but may have impaired his decision making.
The judge said he had no doubt that Tricia and Tip offered the best of care to their son. "I have listened to the evidence about how they looked after you, and it is clear to me that they had only your interests at heart", he said. "Likewise, the portrait that Lee has painted of his mother, Tricia, could not be further from the truth. Lee would have strangers believing that his mother neglected him; Tricia loved Lee, he was her baby, her world.
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