'I still speak to my brother Garvey Gayle after he killed our dad'

"I don't cognize if I tin ever afloat forgive him for everything... I'm inactive successful that process now."

Essence Gayle inactive speaks regularly to her older member Garvey, 2 years aft helium killed their begetter Michael.

Their mother, who was besides injured successful the attack, believes her partner's decease could person been avoided if her lad had been fixed much support.

For that reason, South Wales Police and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said they could not remark connected the case.

The wellness committee said its thoughts remained with the family.

Garvey Gayle aboriginal admitted manslaughter owed to diminished work and the attempted execution of his mother. He is being held indefinitely nether the Mental Health Act.

On 16 October 2020, Garvey, past 21, stabbed his 54-year-old begetter Michael 17 times. He was pronounced dormant astatine their location successful the St Mellons country of Cardiff.

During the aforesaid attack, helium besides stabbed his parent Amanda Brookes Gayle successful the arm, tummy and side.

More than two-and-a-half years on, Amanda said they were yet to person immoderate satisfactory answers astir what went incorrect and whether the sidesplitting could person been avoided.

She is disquieted different families could beryllium fto down earlier immoderate lessons identified successful the lawsuit are yet published.

"I'm appalled truly astatine the clip it's taking," said Amanda.

"I don't deliberation it's just connected the household astatine all... I don't recognize wherefore each these things person taken truthful long."

The reviewers told BBC Wales Investigates they were atrocious for the hold and immoderate learning would beryllium shared arsenic it emerges.

Amanda remembers Michael arsenic a loving begetter to their 4 children - Garvey, Essence, Marlon and Marysia - and said helium ever enactment his household first.

"I cognize that each parents emotion their kids and their children and they bash their best, but our children were our life, our absorption - it wasn't astir 9 to five, it was astir our family, that was our job, that was our work. That was our life," she said.

Essence said of her father: "He was a emblematic household man... ever picking america up from school, taking america to school.

"He had to thrust the motorcycle to instrumentality america due to the fact that helium couldn't thrust truthful I would beryllium sat connected the handlebars, Garvey would beryllium sat connected the pegs and Dad would thrust to the school...

"We were conscionable a precise coagulated unit."

Essence said she and her member Garvey, who are 16 months apart, were "inseparable" increasing up, but aft helium near assemblage things started to alteration arsenic his intelligence wellness deteriorated.

"We weren't arsenic adjacent and he'd unopen himself disconnected more," she said.

"Things helium was saying conscionable didn't truly adhd up - helium conscionable wasn't making sense, determination was conscionable a drastic alteration successful his behaviour."

As parents, Amanda and Michael besides noticed changes successful Garvey.

"He sat determination and helium chopped himself retired of each household photograph precisely," said Amanda.

"He said we weren't his household immoderate much and helium was going to disappear, which didn't marque consciousness astatine the time. It's conscionable crazy."

She said connected different juncture helium sliced up their sofa and her furniture and referred to himself arsenic Jesus Christ.

He besides began chanting oregon speechmaking the Bible and would beryllium up each hours successful his bedroom.

"He'd beryllium putting lit cigarettes successful his pockets and I'd person to say, 'like your apparel are connected fire, literally'," she said.

In June 2019 Garvey started to go convulsive towards Amanda, was prosecuted and jailed for 10 weeks.

"I was hoping helium was going to get assistance for his intelligence wellness but helium was conscionable released, came backmost location to me, broke constabulary bail due to the fact that helium wasn't expected to travel to me," she said.

"Police officers, erstwhile they were coming, I was explaining 'it's not a transgression matter, he's genuinely mentally unwell'."

Eventually Garvey became truthful unwell arsenic helium was sectioned and held successful psychiatric units.

Six months aboriginal helium was discharged but helium was not capable to unrecorded with Amanda and Michael arsenic helium had antecedently been assessed arsenic posing a precocious hazard to them.

Garvey was sent to unrecorded successful a stateless hostel successful Cardiff but Amanda said it was wide to her that helium could not look aft himself successful the hostel.

"He was known arsenic Jesus Christ. I would spell to sojourn my lad and I'd spell 'Garvey?' and they'd spell 'Oh, Jesus, I'll spell get Jesus for you, he's upstairs'."

She said helium continually told her did not privation to enactment determination and she would person to video telephone him to guarantee helium had taken his mediation.

Three months earlier Garvey killed his dad, South Wales Police, probation and intelligence wellness unit were meant to sermon the risks helium posed astatine a peculiar gathering but failed to bash so.

"It was similar they weren't joining up the dots, deficiency of connection oregon something, thing wasn't moving decently obviously," said Amanda.

"I conscionable kept saying, 'please get him the intelligence wellness assistance that helium needs'.

"It was conscionable an ongoing rhythm basically...until that tragic night...when our lives were changed forever."

Amanda said it was not until aft Garvey had killed his begetter that helium was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

"If Garvey had got this aggravated assistance backmost past Michael would inactive beryllium present and Garvey would person been getting the assistance helium needed," she said.

"But we had to suffer Michael to for Garvey to get the assistance helium needed. It's backwards."

"I don't deliberation it truly registered that dada was gone," said Essence.

"Everything was inactive successful place, his portion was inactive determination wherever helium near it erstwhile helium went retired earlier - it was similar nothing's been touched, dada volition beryllium backmost soon.

"I don't deliberation I'll ever get implicit that my dad's not here.

"Garvey did that, adjacent though you could accidental it wasn't him astatine the time."

Essence is inactive successful interaction with her brother.

"We talk present each truthful often, doubly a week maybe, immoderate days he's similar Garvey again - he's asked maine questions astir what person I been up to, past different days helium doesn't dependable good again, truthful it's inactive a enactment successful progress," she said.

Amanda has received a missive from Garvey but had lone felt capable to talk to him implicit the telephone once.

"I told him however overmuch I loved him. I told him I person forgiven him and I'm definite his dad's forgiven him arsenic well," she said.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been reviewing the attraction it provided Garvey but Amanda does not yet person the findings.

For now, the household continues to hold for answers.

"I tin conscionable commune that lessons are learnt and thing bully comes retired of this horrific happening that has happened to our family," said Amanda.

"I anticipation my lad gets good and doesn't walk the remainder of his beingness successful infirmary and helium has immoderate benignant of future."