Overview

• Naveed admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility at the Old Bailey this month for killing her housemate Christopher Brown and his cat in August 2024.
• She was found to be experiencing a psychotic episode driven by paranoid schizophrenia and delusional beliefs of royal lineage and a divine mission.
• Court testimony revealed that family members and emergency services raised concerns about her deteriorating mental state in the days before the attack.
• The hospital order and restriction order mean Naveed cannot be released from secure psychiatric care without Home Office approval.
• Prosecutors and mental health experts highlighted lapses in community care and medication monitoring that allowed her psychosis to go untreated.