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An inquest into the death of a woman who was stabbed and killed by her son at the family home in St Peter almost five years ago is due to resume this morning.
Pamela Nisbet, a 68-year-old former honorary police officer, died after being attacked on 5 August 2019 at the property near Wheatlands Golf Course by her son Andrew, who was aged 40 at the time.
Nisbet faced the Royal Court a year after his mother’s death, when he admitted manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and was sentenced to remain in a secure psychiatric hospital.
The court made Nisbet, who formerly worked as a clinical radiologist, the subject of an indeterminate treatment order on the basis of severe autism spectrum disorder and Asperger syndrome.
In 2021, an independent Domestic Homicide Review recommended that Jersey should introduce a register of known domestic abusers after finding that warning signs, which could have revealed the threat posed to Mrs Nisbet, had been missed.
At a pre-inquest review hearing last September, it was agreed that Nisbet, who expressed a wish to participate in the inquest, should be allowed to do so remotely, but – because of the restraining order – to only make submissions in writing.
The projected scope of the inquest includes Nisbet’s contact with mental health services between March and August 2019, and the involvement of police with him during July and August 2019.
The inquest, which was due to resume at International House in St Helier this morning, is scheduled to last around seven days, with a projected finish date of Friday 3 May.
Pictured - top: Pamela Nisbet died in August 2019.
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