Man sentenced to hospital order for killing of Indian student in London

London: A 24-year-old man of Brazilian heritage, who admitted to the manslaughter of Indian student Tejaswini Kontham and the attempted murder of her friend at a residential address here last year, has been sentenced to detention in a mental institution. Keven Antonio Lourenco De Morais appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday where he was sentenced under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and a restriction order under Section 41 for the stabbing attacks in June last year, London's Metropolitan Police said. The judge noted that De Morais would have received a life sentence with a minimum nine-year term before being considered for parole, but considered the agreement among multiple doctors that a hospital order would best serve the public, given the medical attention needed to prevent further relapses. One young woman lost her life and another woman will likely never recover from the emotional scars, even when the physical ones have faded, said Detective Inspector Louise Caveen, from the Met Police's Specialist Crime Command.It is right that Lourenco De Morais will now receive treatment, however, nothing will bring Tejaswini back to her family. Our thoughts remain with them, she said.In court this week it emerged that the accused had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three months before the stabbing incident.The judge noted that De Morais would have received a life sentence with a minimum nine-year term before being considered for parole, but considered the agreement among multiple doctors that a hospital order would best serve the public, given the medical attention needed to prevent further relapses.