A MAN with paranoid schizophrenia who used five knives as he killed two pensioners in their own home has been jailed for a minimum term of 10 years.
Thomas Scott McEntee (41) was given a life sentence at Belfast Crown Court for the manslaughter of pensioners Michael and Marjorie Cawdrey who he killed at their home in Portadown, Co Armagh in 2017.
McEntee stabbed the husband and wife, both 83, multiple times when they returned from their weekly shopping trip to find him committing a burglary.
McEntee, who was arrested in a nearby field of cattle hours after he killed the pensioners, had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Both defence and prosecution agree he was suffering from acute mental illness when the incident took place.
They also previously agreed McEntee does not need to serve his sentence in a hospital setting, and should instead go to prison.
