A former radiologist who stabbed his mother to death at her home in Jersey has been denied a request to have his children returned to Britain from the USA.
Andrew Charles Nisbet, 44, was taken to a secure mental health facility in the UK in 2020 after he pleaded guilty to stabbing Pamela Nisbet, 68, in the neck in August 2019. She was taken to hospital from her home in St Peter but died from her injuries.
Nisbet claimed his former partner breached international child abduction laws when she took them to live with her in America without his permission. However, the local District Court threw out his bid saying the children’s mother had presented “clear and convincing evidence” that returning them to the UK would present “a grave risk of harm” as a result of Nisbet’s “severe history of violence toward his own family”.