Woman killed man in racist attack after asking to be sent to hospital

Christina Howell, 37, has been sentenced to detention in a psychiatric hospital

A woman who stabbed a stranger to death in a racist and unprovoked attack had asked her care worker to have her sent back to hospital minutes before, a court heard.

Christina Howell, 37, who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, knifed Hubert ‘Isaac’ Brown, 61, in the neck while he was sitting on a wall in Bristol in September 2023.

Witnesses heard her yell racist abuse at him as he passed out, the court heard.