Murdered woman pleaded for help day before her death

Describing the decision to ban NHS staff from visiting Kennedy at home, Mr Thomson added: “We would see him in the health centre, just not in the home environment due to the risk of violence and weapons inside the home.”

The nurse told the probe he was left shocked when Kennedy killed Ms Gallacher.

“I was surprised by that because the interaction that I had had with him previously, I thought he was more of a risk to himself or staff because he was very derogatory about health staff,” he said.

“He was ok in June with us but there were other notes that he had been a bit derogatory to staff which was highlighted in the phone call I had with Joanne in December.

“I had not seen him for six months by this point.”

The inquiry earlier heard how Kennedy believed that Ms Gallacher was planning to harm him and that he was sleeping rough in woods in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.

Ms Gallacher’s mother Louise, 62, told the probe they had made plans to go Christmas shopping but the next time she saw her daughter was in a morgue.

Kennedy is being held in the State Hospital at Carstairs after admitting culpable homicide due to diminished responsibility at the High Court in Glasgow in 2019.

The hearing, before Sheriff Michael Higgins, continues.