Man admits killing father

The couple were found at their Wirral home

A 25-year-old man with a paranoid personality disorder has admitted killing his father and attempting to murder his mother at their Wirral home.

Mark Williams pleaded not guilty to murdering John O'Hare but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Alongside him in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court was his 20-year-old brother Karl O'Hare, who pleaded not guilty to murdering his father and attempting to murder his mother, Diana O'Hare on 11 December last year.

David Turner, QC, prosecuting, said: "Mark Williams went to the home of his parents, savagely attacked his mother and she remains comatose even now.

"He then brutally attacked his father and documentation found at the scene shows that his state of mind requires investigation."

Personality disorder

The court heard Williams, a trainee chef, of Sumner Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, has a paranoid personality disorder.

He was remanded in custody to enable an interim psychiatric assessment.

Both brothers are due to appear together on 2 October before Mr Justice Leveson.

Karl O'Hare, of Birch Close, Oxton, was further remanded on bail.

Their father, a 51-year-old driving instructor, was found with in the hallway of the family home in Birch Close suffering from severe head and facial injuries.

Their 44-year-old mother Diana was found lying unconscious in the conservatory.