A pensioner who was repeatedly stabbed in the head with a dinner fork described how the attack has had a huge impact on her daily life.
Yvonne Dyer was injured by 57-year-old Richard Pickworth as she walked her dog on Beeston Fields Recreation Ground on January 11.
She said in a statement she had been having ongoing counselling and this has helped her to go out with her dog on her own.
But she is nervous when she goes out in public, and has never returned to the park - a place she and her family had visited for 40 years.
And she avoids taking her dog out in the dark, and sometimes has nightmares and flashbacks.
The random attack on her has left a permanent scar to the side of her head and a smaller scar to the base of her thumb.
A jury concluded that Pickworth, of Carwood Road, Beeston, stabbed retired Mrs Dyer after a finding of fact hearing was held at Nottingham Crown Court.
In the days and months before the attack, Pickworth had not been taking his medication.
Although he was present in the dock and legally represented, Pickworth was unable to participate in a normal trial due to his severe and longstanding mental health problems. He is believed to suffer from schizophrenia.
After his arrest, he was transferred from HMP Nottingham to a secure psychiatric unit where he has been since May 21.
He has now been given a hospital order and restriction order without limit of time.
The court heard he has no previous convictions - but a doctor detailed in a report incidents involving the use and brandishing of knives, and on one occasion, a fork, and on another, a ballpoint pen. There had also been alleged physical assaults on staff.
Judge Gregory Dickinson QC said "there clearly is a risk of serious harm to the public".
He said Pickworth attacked Mrs Dyer with a dining fork and they were "repeated powerful blows aimed at the lady's head".
"Richard Pickworh was acting under the effect of a psychotic delusion", he told the court. "He has a long history of mental illness which led to his admissions to hospital 20 years ago".
He said, on the basis of medical reports from doctors, he felt Pickworth was unfit to be tried.
