The doctor stabbed his mother to death after she was evicted from the family home, the inquest heard

A doctor stabbed his mother to death after being kicked out of the family home before stopping his father’s desperate attempts to save her, an inquest heard. Mentally ill Andrew Nisbet, 45, fatally wounded Pamela Nisbet, 68, in the neck after a dispute over being allowed to stay in an outbuilding.

He then fought with his father who tried to enter the kitchen to save the former Centenier and special education teacher from Jersey, who was later pronounced dead at the scene. The defendant denied the murder, but pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Pamela, who was also an honorary police officer, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

During sentencing in 2020, he was ordered to remain in a secure treatment center in Britain until he was fit enough to be released. An inquest into her death resumed in Jersey this week and heard there was initially more concern he would commit suicide than anyone else.

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Police had been called to their home several times in the days before the murder, the inquest heard. The coroner also heard that Nisbet had previously jumped from a two-storey window after an earlier argument with his father.

And the killer – who had severe autism spectrum disorder and Asperger’s syndrome – had said he would kill himself if evicted from the outhouse. Social psychiatric nurse Ronan Mulhern told the hearing this week that there were no signs of clinical depression or psychiatric illness.

He added that at no point did Andrew say anything and confirmed there was no history of violence. During one incident, when his father Patric refused to install a heat pump, Nisbet jumped from the second floor window, injuring both legs.

Mr Mulhern told the hearing: “He had become fixated on the idea that it was his permanent home. He had a spiritual connection with the property.”

He said being told to move had increased Andrew’s feelings of rejection and “triggered a meltdown.” He added: “He said he would rather die than go somewhere else.”

Five days after the eviction, the tragedy occurred in the building in St. Peter on August 6, 2019. Nisbet returned from Scotland to Jersey with his family in November 2017 and moved into an outbuilding in his parents’ home.

Pamela and her husband saw it as a short-term solution, but he wanted to build a large separate house on the site. Nisbet then became ‘fixated’ with the idea that he had to stay and his mental health continued to deteriorate.

Eviction proceedings were initiated and a summons was served on their son on August 2. A meeting was called to discuss the eviction in the kitchen of the men’s home, with the suspect’s partner storming out after 20 minutes.

Three minutes later, Mr Nisbet, who was in a room next door, heard a scream and ran in to see his wife lying on the floor bleeding from her neck. She was still breathing but the suspect stopped his father from coming to her aid, a court previously heard.

The father and son struggled for a few minutes before Mr Nisbet finally forced him out. Police arrived and arrested Nisbet in the outbuilding, but paramedics were unable to save his victim.

Following his arrest, Nisbit was taken to Brockfield House – a secure mental health facility in Essex. He has also been given a restraining order not to contact or go near his family.

Following Pamela’s death, a statement was also released by the Nisbet family, saying: “We love and miss Pam as a wife, mother and grandmother. Pam was a much-loved Jersey resident who contributed to the island all her life. This was a family tragedy and we kindly ask for privacy during this difficult time.”

Pamela’s death sent shockwaves through the local community. Ms Nisbet was a Centenier and later lay member of the Youth Court Panel between 1996 and 2005. More recently, she served as a lay member on the Disciplinary Panel of the Law Society of Jersey between 2007 and 2017.

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