Independent Investigation - Hundred Families

Mr. X Investigation Report
posting dog excrement through his letter box. The letter stated that he was going to purchase
a legal weapon to carry „to protect myself‟ 43 .
28 July 2002. Mr. X went to the home of a Police Officer, a Sergeant, who lived in a house in
the same road as himself. Mr. X demanded to know whether or not the Sergeant was a Police
Officer and became abusive and threatening. As a result Mr. X was escorted off the premises
and told not to return. On this occasion the Police Officer who had had no previous contact
with Mr. X felt that he was behaving in an irrational and bizarre manner. The Police Officer
formally reported the incident 44 .
31 July 2002. On this day Mr. X subjected a second Police Officer, who also lived in the
same road as himself, to abusive gestures whilst he stood in the street 45 .
1 August 2002. Following these incidents a check was undertaken and it was discovered that
Mr. X had been involved with the Cambridgeshire Police and that he had been issued with a
restraining order. The Cambridgeshire Police confirmed that Mr. X was well known to them
and that he had the habit of bombarding them with „bizarre communications‟ and that he had
been assessed as being mentally unstable. His behaviour was such that they had refused to
communicate with him any further and that he was dealt with by two specially designated
officers. Cambridgeshire Police also described Mr. X as „dangerous‟. As a result of this
information it was agreed that a risk assessment would be conducted the following day and
an action plan would be developed 46 .
2 August 2002. Mr. X was arrested in the rear garden of his home for the offence of
suspicion of causing a public nuisance. He was taken to the Police station and kept in
custody. He was reported as being violent on arrest; he was also reported as having secateurs
in his hand which he refused to put down. There was a struggle and Mr. X was handcuffed 47 .
Later this same day Mr. X was seen by a Police Surgeon for a psychiatric assessment. The
Police Surgeon reported that Mr. X was not cooperative and recommended that he be
43. File 1A P.65
44. File 1A P.7
45. File 1A P.7
46. File 1A P.8
47. File 1A P. 36 & P. 38
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