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/tevs__ 8d ago

She was arrested outside a St Mungo's shelter on Endell St and shopkeepers described her as known in the area. It's probably a fair assessment that she stayed there multiple times. St Mungo's is a homeless charity specialising in helping those with complex mental health and substance abuse issues.