Homes and Property | Home PageCases that highlight failingsEvening Standard13 April 2012Several high-profile murders by mental health patients have raised fears over failings in the service.Experts say only two per cent of homicides are carried out by the mentally ill, as against 60 to 70 per cent by people under the influence of alcohol.But after several incidents in London questions are being raised over whether the current system is falling apart. Recent attacks include: Psychiatric health assistant Mamage Chattun, 34, killed in Springfield Hospital, Tooting, by schizophrenic Jason Cann, 22. Cann was convicted of manslaughter and the NHS trust fined for safety failures. Bryan killed his friend Mr Cherry and ate his brains days after being released from Newham Centre for Mental Health. He killed fellow inmate Loudwell in Broadmoor. John Barrett, 42, walked out of Springfield Hospital, Tooting, and stabbed Denis Finnegan to death in Richmond Park. He bought kitchen knives after leaving the unit last September but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. Drug addict Stephen Soans-Wade, 36, was jailed for life for murdering Christophe Duclos by pushing him off a platform at Mile End station in 2002. Christopher Studders, 40, was detained last April. He had tried to push two women under trains at Euston after failing to return from leave from St Luke's Hospital, Hackney. Two cases still going through the courts involve five dead and five wounded. MORE ABOUTCherryHealthcareMental HealthSchizophrenia