In 2017, Alexander Lewis-Ranwell (ALR) killed three men in their own homes and was prosecuted for murder.  He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity at Exeter Crown Court and in 2020, he launched legal action against four organisations for negligence.  In the days prior to the killings, ALR had been arrested twice […]

You will recall last month’s sentencing in Nottingham following the killings Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June 2023.  A number of reviews are ongoing in to various aspects of mental health care, policing and decision making during the criminal proceedings. One aspect of this has been subject to an announcement this morning […]

Long-time readers of the blog will remember the two high-profile cases of Seni Lewis and Kingsley Burrell, in London (2010) and Birmingham (2011) respectively.  Both cases involved a fatal outcome after police officers were called to a mental health inpatient unit by NHS staff because of disorder and the result, after significant, disproportionate restraint in […]