Man given indefinite hospital order over fatal stabbing of dog walker Wayne Broadhurst

Mixed · 2Dawood Safi was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of dog walker Wayne Broadhurst, whom he killed in a knife attack in west London in October 2025. 1 2 Right · 2Safi, 28, an Uber driver, stabbed Mr Broadhurst, 49, 14 times in the head, neck, chest and back in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, on 27 October 2025; Mr Broadhurst was a street sweeper for Ealing Council. 3 2 Mixed · 2Minutes earlier Safi had attacked his landlord, Shahzad Farrukh, a Thames Valley Police contractor, and a 14-year-old boy; the BBC said he attacked two other people in a "frenzy of violence". 2 1

Right · 2Safi pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, which prosecutors accepted, and admitted grievous bodily harm with intent on Mr Farrukh and actual bodily harm on the boy; a jury found him guilty of attempting to murder Mr Farrukh. 2 3 Right · 1The Daily Mail reported that jurors could not reach a verdict on whether Safi attempted to murder the boy. 3 Right · 2The court heard Safi was in a psychotic state, hearing voices and consumed by paranoia, and had sought help from his GP, Hillingdon Hospital and Hayes police station in the three days before the attacks. 2 3

Right · 2Sentencing him at Southwark Crown Court, Mrs Justice Cutts said Mr Broadhurst's killing was entirely attributable to Safi's mental disorder, that he needed extensive psychological therapy, and recommended to the Home Office that he be deported, saying his "continued presence in the UK is to its detriment". 2 3 Right · 1The Daily Mail reported the judge said Safi could expect several years in a high security hospital and might never be released into the community. 3 Right · 2Mr Broadhurst's family had wanted a murder conviction and found acceptance of the manslaughter plea hard; his partner Ann Newman said her future had been 'stolen'. 3 2

Right · 2The court heard Safi arrived in the UK illegally on a lorry in 2020, claimed to be 17 and was granted asylum in 2022; the Daily Mail added it was believed he was at least five years older than he said. 2 3