‘He believed wife had been

Marc Traylor was psychotic and “more likely than not” insane when he stabbed his daughter, a leading consultant forensic psychologist told the jury.

The father of three had twice been admitted to mental hospitals after believing his wife was having an affair and that he was being poisoned.

Mr Traylor suffered from delusions and was convinced people were trying to kill him, Dr Ian Cumming told the court. Mr Traylor also claimed his wife had been on The X Factor in 2002 and had teamed up with an American girl.

The psychiatrist said: “These were very bizarre, in fact, very mad beliefs.”

He told the jury that on another occasion Traylor booked into a hotel and was discovered on the roof after claiming he could hear voices of people who were threatening to kill him.

Traylor later grabbed a nurse around the neck and punched her and it had taken six members of staff to restrain him before he was moved to a more secure unit.

Dr Cumming added that Traylor was later allowed to return home after making a recovery and given anti-psychotic medicines under a Community Treat-

ment Order. But Traylor’s family believe that weeks before the incident in February last year he had stopped taking the drugs and signs the illness was returning were seen by his family.

Defence barrister Tyrone Smith QC said the evidence had shown that Kitanna, who was held hostage, had been Tray-

lor’s “favoured” daughter. He had told her he loved her “more than his mother” and had confided to his father he had wanted to “protect” her.

Dr Cumming said Traylor was probably terrified that something was going to happen and was driven by those beliefs. He said: “It was clear that he had