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Hillmorton patient killed brother decades before second murder
A Christchurch woman who was brutally murdered by her gardener had no idea he'd killed before and had spent years as a mental health patient. Faye Phelps' son is adament his 83 year old mother would not have hired Elliot Cameron, who later attacked her with an axe, if she had known. A court order lifted today allowing RNZ to report that 76 year old Elliot Cameron shot and killed his sleeping brother in 1975, but was found not guilty of murder on the grounds of insanity. He'd spent years at Hillmorton Psychiatric Hospital, but when he murdered Faye Phelps he was not subject to any treatment orders and was free to come and go as he pleased. Faye's son Grant Phelps spoke to Lisa Owen.
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