Officers pay tribute to colleague

Det Con Michael Swindells died from a single stab wound

Police in Birmingham are to pay tribute to a colleague killed by a paranoid schizophrenic a year ago on Saturday.

Det Con Michael Swindells, 44, was fatally stabbed last May, below Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham.

Glaister Butler, 44, was convicted of his manslaughter on Friday and was been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.

Officers at Queen's Road station, where Mr Swindells worked, are holding a private service in a memorial garden.

Independent inquiry

Mr Swindells, a married father-of-one from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, had been a policeman for 14 years.

Butler, of Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham, was acquitted of murder at Birmingham Crown Court, but convicted of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.

He had been under the care of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust since 1995.

An independent inquiry is to examine how Butler was considered suitable to receive care in the community.