A review will take place into how a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, released from prison less than two weeks ago, was allowed to kill a woman in an act of cannibalism in Argoed.
The Ministry of Justice confirmed a serious further offence review will be carried out – as is standard when a prisoner is alleged to have committed a serious crime with 30 days of release.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is also continuing its investigation over the death of killer Matthew Williams after he was shot with a taser by police officers.
Williams, 34, was found chewing Cerys Marie Yemm’s face by security staff at the Sirhowy Arms homeless shelter in the early hours of Thursday morning, November 6.
His mother, Sally Ann Williams, has told the BBC her son suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and did not continue taking his medication after being released from prison two weeks ago.
She said he should not have been allowed to stay in the hostel and should have been sectioned under the mental health act, for the illness he’s suffered from since he was 16.
She said: “He would see things that were not there, he would hear voices, say food was trying to poison him and he would hallucinate.
“He was aggressive to people he thought were a threat to him.
“He should have been in hospital.
“Every time he came out of prison, we’d go through the same process.
“He’d be placed in a hostel somewhere with very little supervision and no psychiatric help outside.”