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Nineteen-year-old Daniel Joseph was sentenced to indefinite detention in Broadmoor hospital by the Old Bailey on Monday, following the death in January of Carla Thompson. Ms Thompson, who lived in south London, was beaten up by Joseph after she took him under her wing. Her friend Agnes Erume was also injured in the attack. The two women were found bound together in the street. Ms Thompson, a committed Christian, died in hospital. A former psychiatric patient herself, she had taken Mr Joseph in after his release from hospital and encouraged him not to see his doctor or take his medicine. Failures Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of schizophrenia charity Sane, said the case was the worst she had seen.
"One good professional relationship was all he needed," she said. She also hit out at Health Secretary Frank Dobson. "The buck has to stop with the Secretary of State for Health. How many authorities do you need to look after one disturbed young man?" she asked. Ms Wallace said allowing Mr Joseph and Ms Thompson to live together and Mr Joseph to go without treatment was "a recipe for disaster", particularly given that his mother was calling for him to be put back in hospital. "This is an unbelievable tragedy. How can we restore public confidence in community care when these tragic events happen?" she asked. Investigations The health authorities involved have ordered an independent inquiry of the case. Sane says initial findings from ongoing research into 23 murder cases by community care patients shows that one in three could have been prevented because patients had sought help and warning signs had been ignored. ![]() |
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