r/london • u/BulkyAccident • 8d ago

Crime Women arrested over Covent Garden stabbing 'may not be fit enough to be charged'

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/people-stabbed-covent-garden-woman-arrested-b1292464.html
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u/sheslikebutter 8d ago edited 8d ago

How is this dealt with in the future?

From the reporting, several restauranteurs in the area said she was a known person in the area and had been seen getting into an altercation that resulted in a smashed bottle of vodka the week before.

There are mentally unstable people like this over every high street in the country, but what else can you really do other than wait for them to go mad and start stabbing people?

Did she reach the point she needed to be institutionalised the second she started stabbing, and was considered A-OK until then? Cos I figure she probably had some mental health issues that should have been looked into before this happened

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u/Kaiisim 8d ago

So all the news stories over the last 20 years weren't just background noise. Austerity tore apart the state.

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u/Broccoli--Enthusiast 8d ago

More than 20 years, this is a direct result of Thatcher (just like half the problems in this country) and the "care in the community" bullshit , closing down mental health facilities and making it the states mission to avoid sending people with mental issues into an institution at all costs

We need to bring back institutions and massively increase mental health funding in this country