Man freed after murder conviction quashed – The Independent
“A man who has spent eight years behind bars for murder was released by the Court of Appeal today.”
The Indpendent, 16th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: mental health
Defeat for council that sued boss for lying about illness – The Independent
“A former council chief executive had her mental health ‘cruelly broken’ by her former employer which accused her of lying about her medical condition on her job application and pursued her through the courts, her husband said yesterday.”
The Independent, 16th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council loses £1m illness lawsuit – BBC News
“A council has lost its High Court case against a former managing director after claiming she withheld a history of depressive illness.”
BBC News, 15th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hacker ‘too fragile’ to extradite – BBC News
“A British computer hacker who targeted Nasa should be tried in the UK not the US because his mental state is so fragile, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 9th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Y (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Sri Lanka) v Same – Times Law Reports
Y (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Sri Lanka) v Same
Court of Appeal
“It would be a breach of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, prohibiting torture, to order the return of an asylum seeker to a country where there was an undisturbed finding that the asylum seeker had been tortured and raped in captivity and where credible and uncontradicted expert evidence was that the likely effect of the trauma, if return was enforced, would be suicide.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Government responds to Bradley report on mental health in the Criminal Justice System – Ministry of Justice
“The government has today published its response to Lord Bradley’s report on people with mental health problems and learning difficulties in the Criminal Justice System.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Paranoid schizophrenic released into community to murder – Daily Telegraph
“Paranoid schizophrenic Tennyson Obih who was sectioned twice before being released into care in the community went ‘off the radar’ of the health services and murdered a policeman in broad daylight.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (B) v Director of Public Prosecutions, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening – Times Law Reports
Regina (B) v Director of Public Prosecutions, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening
Queen’s Bench Division
“The decision to abandon a prosecution because of the victim’s mental instability was irrational and a violation of the victim’s right not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment protected by article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 24th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Care failings blamed for stabbing spree – The Guardian
“An independent inquiry into the treatment of a man with paranoid schizophrenia who randomly stabbed six people, killing one, has condemned the care he had before the attacks and found that a nurse had altered notes relating to his case.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R v G; R v J – WLR Daily
R v G; R v J [2009] UKHL 13; [2009] WLR (D) 80
“To rely on the defence in s 58(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 a defendant had to show an objectively ‘reasonable excuse’ for his action or possession and a ruling that neither a desire to ‘wind up’ prison officers nor mental illness could amount to a reasonable excuse had been correct.”
WLR Daily, 4th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina v G (Terrorism: Information); Regina v J (terrorism: Information) – Times Law Reports
Regina v G (Terrorism: Information); Regina v J (terrorism: Information)
House of Lords
“To secure a conviction, the prosecution was not required to show that a defendant had had a terrorist purpose for collecting or recording information of a kind likely to be useful to a terrorist or possessing a document or record containing information of that kind.”
The Times, 5th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
‘Phantom’ killer sent to hospital – BBC News
“A man who killed a woman while wearing a ‘Phantom of the Opera’ mask has been sent to a mental hospital indefinitely.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Schizophrenic Daniel Gonzales stabbed four people after NHS ignored his pleas – The Times
“A schizophrenic killer who murdered four people in three days was failed repeatedly by an ineffective NHS, an inquiry has found. The treatment of Daniel Gonzales was full of missed opportunities that could have prevented him stabbing three pensioners and another man to death.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sentence for woman dog strangler – BBC News
“A woman with a history of mental illness has been given a six-month conditional discharge after admitting strangling two dogs.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Treating offenders with mental health issues ‘would save £700m’ – The Guardian
“The government could shave £700m annually from criminal justice costs if it overhauled the process for diverting offenders with mental health problems from jail to the mental health system, according to new research.”
The Guardian, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ripper freedom ‘unlikely’ – PM -BBC News
“Gordon Brown has said it is ‘very unlikely’ Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will be released from jail.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
In re P [2009] – WLR Daily
In re P [2009] EWHC 163 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 41
“When making decisions about the property and welfare of persons lacking capacity, the overarching principle pursuant to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 was that any decision made on behalf of that person must be made in his best interests. The guidance given under the Mental Health Acts 1959 and 1983 about the making of settlements or wills could no longer be directly applied to a decision made under the 2005 Act.”
WLR Daily, 10th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Lawyer of alleged torture victim makes plea to MPs – The Guardian
“The British resident at the centre of a legal battle over alleged torture could leave Guantánamo Bay insane or in a coffin if the case continues to be dragged out, his lawyer said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jury blasts staff over death in cell – The Times
“Staff at a privately run jail failed to do all they could to ensure the safety of an inmate who killed himself while suffering a mental illness, a coroner’s jury ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (TF) v Secretary of State for Justice – Times Law Reports
Regina (TF) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“A prisoner could be transferred to a mental hospital at the end of his sentence, only if two doctors recommended it and his medical condition and treatability justified it.”
The Times, 6th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
