Man accused of beheading Briton in Tenerife remanded in custody
Spanish court refuses bail for Deyan Valentinov Deyanov as questions are raised over island's mental health provision

By Giles Tremlett in Madrid, Guardian.co.uk, 15 May 2011

....The decision came amid a growing scandal over how Deyan Valentinov Deyanov, a 28-year-old Bulgarian with a record of mental health problems and violence was allowed to roam the streets of the tourist resort of Los Cristianos, in the south of Tenerife.....

It has emerged that Mills-Westley, 60, who had five grandchildren, had sought refuge at an employment centre in Los Cristianos, where she told social services officials she was being trailed. A man was reportedly sent away from the area by a security guard before she left the building.

A police source working on the murder inquiry told the Sunday Times that Mills-Westley had waited in the office until the man following her had disappeared. She then walked into a Chinese-owned shop nearby but he went after her.

"He grabbed a large kitchen knife from the shelf and stabbed her at least 14 times in the neck without saying a word," the source said.

The local Canarias 7 newspaper reported on Sunday that Deyanov was known as "the prophet" because of his habit of shouting out that he was God on Earth....