Man With Schizophrenia Gets Hospital Order | Leicester News

Leicester News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 24, 2026 · 1m

A 20-year-old man who attacked two strangers with a knife in a gas station in November 2023—without provocation—has had his prison sentence overturned. The Court of Appeal ruled that the original judges ignored critical psychiatric evidence showing he was suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia during the attack. Instead of jail, he’ll be hospitalized for treatment. The victims narrowly escaped serious injury; one had his neck slashed, the other a deep neck wound. Coulson fled for 11 days before surrendering, during which his partner gave birth to their child. He claims he doesn’t…