Mentally ill man claimed he was the Pope before stabbing mother to death

A mentally ill son stabbed his mother to death just days after he was discharged back into her care, a court heard. Edward Watkins, 55, walked into his local church claiming to be the Pope at around 3.30pm on 16 November last year. Half an hour later he was spotted walking around naked and covered in blood after he killed his mother, the Old Bailey heard. Police found 75-year-old Maureen Watkins body lying face down in the hallway of the…