Unfitness to Plead Consultation Responses - Law Commission ...

some time, and largely due to paranoid and schizophrenic symptoms, used different
names when he was stopped by the police.
I met Mr A as I was assigned to support him at a meeting with his university about
reintegration. Mr A arrived late, and said he was late as the devil was chasing him and
the train had been delayed. Through the course of working to reintegrate Mr A to
university it became clear that at times he was very lucid and clear and at others he
presented in a very concerning manner. We registered him with a general practitioner
and arranged for him to be assessed as within a few weeks Mr A was evidencing
symptoms of psychosis.
Mr A spoke of lights that were shining out of peoples shoulders. Mr A became
increasingly paranoid and kept trying to ask me to “go somewhere” with him. I started
working with him in pairs as the situation was risk assessed as being unsafe for lone
working. Throughout this time Mr A was in communication with the university about his
difficulties and eventually through our intervention received clinical help from a
community mental health team and psychiatrist. Mr A still accessed Kids Company and
continued to say he felt unwell. Over Christmas he was called by our 24 hour duty team
as he was deemed high risk, and Mr A stated he felt tormented and wanted to die as the
gremlins were scratching his brain.
Through the health services intervention and work with Mr A it then became clear that
he had an unresolved immigration matter. Mr A provided details of his lawyer who when
Kids Company obtained consent to speak to her stated that she was very vexed with Mr
A as he had entered an application with inconsistent information. The legal process
continued with Mr A continuing to be interviewed and submit evidence whilst being very
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