Benefits going to offenders in psychiatric hospitals could be stopped after a mother whose daughter was killed by her boyfriend called for “true systematic changes”.
Gogoa Lois Tape, 28, was detained by hospital order last month for killing Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, in Hackney, east London, in April 2024.
Kennedi’s mother Linda Westcarr and uncle met Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden in Parliament on Monday to lobby for change.
Following the meeting, McFadden said he had asked officials to look into possible changes to the benefits systems for those being detained by hospital order.