{"id":108155,"date":"2021-01-12T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=108155"},"modified":"2021-01-12T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:16:09","slug":"man-murdered-by-axe-wielding-cousin-would-be-alive-if-killer-had-proper-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/man-murdered-by-axe-wielding-cousin-would-be-alive-if-killer-had-proper-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Man murdered by axe-wielding cousin ‘would be alive if killer had proper help’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A murder victim hacked to death with an axe attack by his cousin would still be alive if his killer had received proper treatment, his family believes.<\/p>\n

Mentally ill Ashley Rowen chased his cousin and carer, Ryan Lowry, down a street striking him 13 times with the blade in Partington, Manchester.<\/p>\n

Mr Lowry's family said a report from the mental health trust that cared for Rowen, shows "many problems" in his previous care and treatment.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) confirmed they have undertaken an extensive internal review following the horrific attack, and now have a "comprehensive action plan" to prevent similar incidents in the future.<\/p>\n

A court heard Rowen, from Trafford, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and stopped taking his medication before the fatal attack in February 2020.<\/p>\n

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The tree surgeon had previously been sectioned twice under the Mental Health Act.<\/p>\n

On the day of the fatal attack, a community mental health team called Rowen after Mr Lowry told them Rowen was showing signs of a relapse, the court heard.<\/p>\n

Rowen, however, assured them that he was fine – just hours before killing his cousin.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Lowry's family said: "We all still struggle to understand why Ryan, who was such a beautiful and caring man, lost his life so unnecessarily, and in the way he did.<\/p>\n

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