The public inquiry in to the attacks in June 2023 in Nottingham begins today in London.  This is the first public inquiry in to mental health homicides in the United Kingdom, to the best of Julian Hendy’s knowledge. It will examine the attacks on – Wayne Birkett Ian Coates Marcin Gawronski Grace O’Malley-Kumar Sharon Miller […]

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I wrote this post at the end of last year but it became more relevant recently when the Home Secretary published a White Paper on police reform and decided to use the word “core” an awful lot of times! What is the “core business” or the “core role” of policing? – “Everything which follows in […]

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Alexander Lewis-Ranwell (ALR) killed three elderly men in Exeter in February 2019. He was arrested the following day for another assault, thankfully non-fatal, and subsequently linked to the killings. Following that assault the day after, he was “sectioned” under the Mental Health Act 1983 and once the link was made, he was arrested from the […]

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