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Family blames NHS failings for 'road rage' killing

The family of 'road rage' victim Don Lock have said he would still be alive were it not for the failings of the NHS.

They spoke after paranoid schizophrenic Matthew Daley was convicted of Mr Lock's manslaughter but acquitted of murder.

Daley stabbed retired solicitor Don Lock 39 times in the head, back, neck and chest in West Sussex on July 16 last year.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has apologised to Don Lock's family, saying it "got things wrong", promising to review 10 cases where its patients had been involved in killings over the last five years.

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Don Lock killing: NHS Trust acted 'far too late'

The family of "road rage" victim Don Lock said he would still be alive were it not for the failings of the NHS.

They spoke after paranoid schizophrenic Matthew Daley was convicted of Mr Lock's manslaughter but acquitted of murder, having stabbed him 39 times in July last year.

For years, Daley's parents had warned health officials that their son was a danger to the public.

Whatever action Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is taking now, it was "far too late" in the case of Daley, ITV News Correspondent Sally Lockwood reports.

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