Nicholas Salvador found not guilty after beheading woman

The 25-year-old attacked a grandmother in London and held her head up to police helicopter

Nicholas Salvador
(Image credit: Met Police)

A 25-year-old man will be locked up indefinitely at Broadmoor Hospital after beheading Palmira Silva, an 82-year-old grandmother, in north London and brandishing her head at a police helicopter flying above.

Nicholas Salvador, who has paranoid schizophrenia, has been found not guilty of the 82-year-old woman's murder on the grounds of insanity.

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