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Mackay was from [[Essex]], the only daughter of Sidney MacKay, a former [[Chief Superintendent]] in London's [[Metropolitan Police Service]]. She |
Mackay was from [[Essex]], the only daughter of Sidney MacKay, a former [[Chief Superintendent]] in London's [[Metropolitan Police Service]]. She was educated at [[Bancroft's School]],<ref>[http://www.guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/26/Bancroft-s/HMC/Bancroft-s-School-Woodford-Green-Essex-IG8-0RF 'Guide to Independent Schools' – Bancroft's School – Former pupils] ''Guide to Independent Schools'' Retrieved: 22 November 2011.</ref> a co-educational [[independent school]] in the town of [[Woodford Green]], in the suburb of [[Woodford, London|Woodford]] in north-east London, where her class mates included [[Anita Anand]]. |
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Mackay joined the Metropolitan Police Service, and served in the force's [[Territorial Support Group]] for five years until her death.<ref name=bbc1>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/79569.stm |title=Man admits manslaughter of WPC |publisher=BBC News |date=1998-10-22 |accessdate=2011-09-04}}</ref> |
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Nina Alexandra Mackay | |
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| Born | Essex, England |
| Died | 24 October 1997 (aged 25) Stratford, London, England |
| Police career | |
| Department | Metropolitan Police Service |
| Service years | 1992-1997 |
| Rank | Woman Police Constable |
WPC Nina Alexandra Mackay was a police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service who was fatally stabbed on 24 October 1997 by a paranoid schizophrenic man she was attempting to arrest. She is the only female police officer in Great Britain to have been stabbed to death while on duty and her killing was the first of a female officer since the murder of Yvonne Fletcher in 1984.
Background
Mackay was from Essex, the only daughter of Sidney MacKay, a former Chief Superintendent in London's Metropolitan Police Service. She was educated at Bancroft's School,[1] a co-educational independent school in the town of Woodford Green, in the suburb of Woodford in north-east London, where her class mates included Anita Anand.
Mackay joined the Metropolitan Police Service, and served in the force's Territorial Support Group for five years until her death.[2]
Death
On 24 October 1997, Mackay went with colleagues to a property in Arthingworth Street in Stratford, east London, to arrest a man who was in breach of bail conditions.[2]
After forcing entry into the bedsit Mackay led her colleagues into the hallway where she was confronted by a man armed with a seven-and-a-half inch bladed kitchen knife. He stabbed the officer once in the chest. She was taken to hospital by ambulance but died two hours later from her injuries. The suspect was arrested and later charged with her murder.
Aftermath
At the Old Bailey in October 1998, unemployed paranoid schizophrenic Magdi Elgizouli was convicted of Mackay's manslaughter. The British-born 30-year-old of Sudanese origin had been charged with murder but the jury accepted his defence of diminished responsibility. He was detained indefinitely, initially at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire[2] and later at St. Bernard's Hospital in west London.[3]
It was subsequently reported that prior to killing Mackay, Elgizouli had served time in prison for shoplifting, was on bail for assaulting a police officer and possessing a knife, and had stopped taking his medication for his schizophrenia. He had also smoked cannabis, which had apparently exacerbated his condition, and had an expressed hatred of the police.[3]
A 1999 inquiry into Mackay's death recommended that mentally-ill people should be given greater support and that guidance on helping patients take their medication needed to be improved. Despite calls from Mackay's family, the report did not recommend that patients be compelled to take their medication.[4]
Ten years after his conviction, Elgizouli was released.[5]
Memorial
In 1998, the Police Memorial Trust erected a stone memorial to Mackay at the place where she was fatally stabbed in Arthingworth Street, Stratford.[6] The memorial was unveiled by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.[7]
See also
References
- ^ 'Guide to Independent Schools' – Bancroft's School – Former pupils Guide to Independent Schools Retrieved: 22 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Man admits manslaughter of WPC". BBC News. 1998-10-22. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ a b Stephen Wright (2008-08-26). "On the street: The WPC killer so dangerous even police officers are warned not to approach him". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ "Mentally ill 'need more support'". BBC News. 1999-04-19. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ Sidney Mackay (2008-08-27). "Why is the man who murdered my daughter being set free, asks father of WPC killed by schizophrenic". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ "Police Memorial for Nina MacKay". Policememorial.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ "Blair's tribute to 'remarkable' officer". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-09-04.