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APPENDIX II
Case study: Mr Z
[This case study has been anonymised to protect our client’s identity and
confidentiality]
Mr Z presented at our post sixteen education facility the Urban Academy unexpectedly.
He sat on the wall opposite the facility with his head lowered looking over the road to the
building under his brow. We were aware that Mr Z was both watching and waiting. Mr Z
had an effect on the other young people who normally know or at least approach
strangers. None of the young people approached Mr Z. Mr Z was approached by the
staff and was described as being completely incoherent.
This was the time at which I met Mr Z. When I spoke to him he talked in a confused
manner and would join thoughts in his head into sentences i.e. “women like penis, I ain’t
seen nobody, yeah yeah, like I know how it was, I used to come Kids when I was little,
pussy pussy”. Mr Z was incapable of following a conversation easily and presented as
paranoid, having auditory hallucinations and being very aggressive.
The other young people reported upon sight of Mr Z that he was a “madman” and was
staying because he was homeless in a known crack den. He was also reported to have
shot someone at point blank range with a pump shotgun, and furthermore to have gone
to a party where other young people were and randomly exposed himself and waved his
penis about. It was clear that Mr Z was very unwell. It was also clear from his behaviour
and some of the things that he was saying as well as the reports and fear of the other
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