Man who strangled his beauty student girlfriend, 28, with her knickers before laying her body in a 'crucifix' position when 'voices told him she was Satan' is given an indefinite hospital order

A man who strangled his girlfriend with her knickers and cardigan before laying her body in a crucifix position has been given an indefinite hospital order.
Mentally ill Edwin Gyekye, 31, killed beauty student Sarrah Garba at their home in Gateshead on September 23 last year.
Gyekye, who is HIV positive, asked police about God and cannibalism after his arrest then bit one officer on the forearm, Judge Paul Sloan told Newcastle Crown Court yesterday.

+3Mentally ill Edwin Gyekye, 31, killed beauty student Sarrah Garba (pictured), his girlfriend of 12 years, at their home in Gateshead on September 23 last year
Fortunately, the bite did not break the officer's skin and the disease was not transmitted.

He was apprehended after being found on the porch of an adjoining property on the morning of the killing and was initially arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary.

After officers made enquiries they discovered the lifeless body of his girlfriend and he was charged with murder. However, this was dropped after Gyekye pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter with diminished responsibility.

Judge Sloan sentenced Gyekye, a French national who has suffered numerous psychotic episodes in the past, to an indefinite hospital order.