Dozens of mentally-ill offenders go on to kill after secret release.
Telegraph analysis shows how many former inmates of mental health units went on to take someone’s life
At least 30 dangerous mental health patients secretly freed from high security hospitals have gone on to kill in recent years, The Telegraph can disclose... DT
Dozens of mentally-ill offenders go on to kill after secret release
Telegraph analysis shows how many former inmates of mental health units went on to take someone’s life
Around 250 violent offenders are detained in institutions such as Broadmoor, Rampton and Ashworth each year after courts decide they are too mentally ill to go to prison
Many, like the Nottingham killer, Valdo Calocane, are told their conditions are so acute they are unlikely to ever be freed.
But figures obtained by the Telegraph reveal that an astonishing 55 percent of those sent to secure hospitals are quietly freed within five years, almost 90 per cent within ten years and 99 percent within 20-years.
Analysis of available data reveals that from 1993 to 2019, 30 dangerous mental health inmates freed from secure hospitals went on to kill.
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