A coroner has stated her intention to issue a Preventing Future Deaths report after concluding an inquest in to the death of Lee Bowman, who was found deceased between two fence panels in Doncaster in South Yorkshire in January 2022.  Mr Bowman had been reported missing to Nottinghamshire Police in November 2021 (because he lived […]

The time passed between the death of Thomas Orchard in Exeter in October 2012 and the inquest conclusion just before Christmas 2023 is the longest I’ve known.  In years spent looking at death-after-contact inquests in policing and mental health, +13yrs is the most egregious of all the delays, but then a lot has had to […]

Here’s a situation for you:  someone arrested for a criminal offence is in custody at the point where an Approved Mental Health Professional and two Doctors decide the person should be ‘sectioned’ under the Mental Health Act 1983.  They complete the paperwork for admission and intend to take the person to hospital within an hour […]