6 hours agoLiam BarnesBBC News, NottinghamRob SissonsBBC News, East MidlandsBBCThe brother of a man stabbed to death by his mentally ill son has said health services and the police failed his family.Brenton Marriott died in hospital after being stabbed by Rudi Marriott in Cloister Street, Nottingham, on 5 August 2022.Rudi, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a hospital order last April after being found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but Delvin Marriott said the family tried to get him help years before the attack.With the recent announcement of a judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks - which happened less than a year later - Delvin said he wanted to make sure nobody else goes through the same trauma.'Personality changed'In his first full interview since Brenton's death, Delvin said Rudi had a very close relationship with his father, who worked for the Red Cross, after he looked after his mother and was a much-appreciated part of the family."Rudi was a part of a loving family, and he was an adorable person," he said."Even when my mum lost the use of her legs, Rudi would be there helping us and supporting us."He said Rudi's mental health worsened after he suffered severe head injuries in a street attack about 10 years ago, which led to weeks in hospital."He was badly battered, he had a dog set on him, and at that point Rudi's personality changed," he said."He couldn't really talk or function at all [in hospital], but once he started to be able to talk a bit, he was complaining [about] his head, saying his head didn't feel right."Then he was complaining he was hearing voices in his head."SuppliedDelvin claimed Rudi's report of hearing voices "wasn't taken seriously" when he was in hospital, with his condition still difficult after he was back at home."He was definitely a lot more aggravated, a lot more temperamental, very edgy," he said."Sometimes he didn't want to speak, [and] just showing signs that things weren't right with him."We just worked on him to try and get him calm - we tried to get him help."Brenton and his brother rallied round to try and support Rudi, who also approached mental health services to try and get support."He [Rudi] sat at the hospital waiting to be seen - 13 hours on one occasion, five hours on the next - he was trying himself to get help through the system," Delvin said."He knew something was wrong, but again nothing came from it."He didn't get any help, he was never seen at the hospital, and we just carried on trying to help him."After a period of better health when he was living with his then-partner, Rudi's condition deteriorated again in 2018, when he started saying he had a microchip in his head and was stabbing the walls at home.Delvin said the family had been in touch with Nottinghamshire Police over their worries, including after an incident in 2019 when officers attended alongside a mental health nurse, who decided Rudi did not need to b ...