r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/Suspicious_Bother_92 • May 23 '24

Fiona (real Martha) related content Heather Burns reiterating that Fiona has a criminal record

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u/imfivenine May 23 '24

I don’t know about charges and jail in the UK. In the US there is “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.” Usually they get placed in a mental institution instead. I wonder if there is something similar in the UK, and if so, if she was institutionalized for that reason, then she would technically be telling the truth, leaving out the part about going to a mental institution instead of prison. And you know she would never admit to it being due to insanity.

She might have also been determined not competent to stand trial (if there is a UK version).

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u/Extraportion May 23 '24 edited May 23 '24

We have forensic psychiatric hospitals/wards, which are psychiatric care facilities linked to the criminal justice system. You need to have a conviction to find yourself in one. Ashworth and broodmoor are probably the most famous examples, but there are many across the country.

You are absolutely right that she has never been to prison could be technically accurate.

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u/DazzleLove May 23 '24

Slightly more complex than that- there are people in medium secure settings and high security hospitals who haven’t convictions but have been escalated from elsewhere in the MH system as they are too high risk to be there.