Man Who Killed Grandmother Admits Second Murder

Levy killed his grandmother by stabbing her and setting her on fire. The Daily Mail reports she was Nurzida Galimozanova, 72, and that Levy stabbed her 30 times in the deluded belief that actors from the film "Gladiator" had told him to kill her.

Levy was convicted at the Old Bailey of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and arson, and given an indefinite hospital order.

He absconded from a secure mental health unit, the court was told at an earlier hearing.

After his release, he was recalled to hospital after expressing thoughts about harming his parents. He was later required to stay in contact with his mental health team, with medication administered by injection under supervision. Prosecutors said Levy had expressed scepticism about whether he needed to be medicated at all.

Prosecutors say Levy stabbed Shaik in the neck with a large knife at his flat. CCTV showed only Levy and Shaik had been at the flat on the evening of Dec. 31.

Levy walked into Bishopsgate police station in east London and confessed he had killed someone, telling officers, "It's happened again" — understood as a reference to his grandmother's death. Officers went to the Vauxhall flat and found Shaik's body on a makeshift bed with a stab wound and blood on his chest, neck and face. A bloody knife was recovered.

Levy was arrested and charged with murder, and gave police a detailed account in interview.

Levy pleaded guilty to murder at the Old Bailey.