Unfitness to Plead Consultation Responses - Law Commission ...

young people, that Mr Z was potentially extremely violent. He behaved in an intimidating
way and spoke of killing.
Kids Company tried to locate anyone connected with Mr Z, or to establish a professional
network. Through working offsite with Mr Z with two males at a time it became clear that
Mr Z had returned to Kids Company’s new premises having been to our first site and
played as a young child. He remembered this as some of his only happy memories and
so had come to try and get help. Mr Z had served the latest date of release from prison
having been incarcerated since his early teenage years.
Kids Company alerted the police to the concerns around Mr Z and his mental health as
he became increasingly unstable and talked of “killing all the whites”, by which he meant
anyone who he felt had lighter skin than himself. Kids Company had arranged to have
him assessed by a psychiatrist when the inevitable happened. Mr Z was arrested for a
violent assault and held on remand at Brixton prison. The assault was one where a fight
had broken out between himself and the owner of the crack den he had been sleeping in
(it is unclear why probation had not sought to support or monitor Mr Z on his release)
about rent money. Mr Z had lost his temper, punched the person in both eyes with both
fists at the same time and then stripped them (we were very concerned and had
communicated our concerns to the psychiatrist about the sexualised tone of his speech
and his inappropriate sexualised behaviours). We were told that Mr Z had been found
chasing this naked man down the street trying to give back his clothes.
Kids Company remained very concerned about Mr Z ‘s mental health and tried to alert
Brixton Prison to these concerns. Kids Company also tried to ensure Mr Z had a lawyer
who would be able to represent Mr Z and who could work with his mental ill health
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