I’ve had some very enjoyable days these last few months delivering CPD to AMHPs.  I’ve covered the north-west of England and north Wales and then used a lunchbreak in one of them to jump in to some online CPD for AMHPs in the north-east of England, something which legal firm DAC Beachcroft have asked me […]

Early in the aftermath of the Nottingham attacks in June 2023, we learned VC was ‘wanted on warrant’ after failing to appear at a Magistrate’s Court in response to a summons.  He had been accused of assaulting a police officer in September 2021 when a warrant under s135(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983 was […]

Around the time of VC’s sentencing for manslaughter (on the grounds of diminished responsibility), Dr Sanjoy Kumar – Grace’s father – went on television to talk about their campaign for justice and a public inquiry.  During his appearance he said something I’d not known up to that point but which really shocked me: VC was […]