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give the assessing team access. He initially spoke rapidly but more slowly
as the meeting went on.
On 22.01.16 Mr Cordell phoned Amal Pomphrey, early intervention worker
covering for Goodie, and said that he had felt threatened by the Mental
Health Act assessment that had taken place. He spoke about being arrested
over a thousand times by the police and being subject to a curfew.
On 26.01.16 Mr Cordell phoned Amal Pomphrey, early intervention worker.
He said that he had been contacted by a housing officer who had
“threatened to get the mental health team out to see him”.
On 02.02.16 Mr Cordell phoned Amal Pomphrey and advised that he had
been told that a warrant had been granted. He was clearly aware of the
planned Mental Health Act assessment.
Relevant social and medical history
Information obtained from reports from Mr Cordell and his family to
mental health services. Not independently verified.
Social: Mr Cordell was the victim of abuse by a paedophile ring and this led
to him having contact with CAMHS Safe project for a number of years, he
has not spoken about the abuse for many years. Mr Cordell’s father was
violent towards him. He was placed in care as a teenager. He separated from
his girlfriend in 2014.
Mr Cordell mother has regular contact with and helps with shopping. Mr
Cordell’s grandmother was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder and
schizophrenia, she was treated with Schizophrenia. She died from cancer in
August 2014.
In 2014 he was bailed for burglary. In 2015 he was made subject to a 5-year
Anti-Social Behaviour Order for organising illegal raves. He not allowed to
enter industrial or disused premises between 10pm and 7 am. He has
reported that he has a long history police contact since he was juvenile. His
contact with the police mostly related to theft and driving offences.
He lives in a one-bedroom council flat and is in receipt of Employment
Support.
Psychiatric History: Mr Cordell tried to hang himself at the age of 16
when in a young offender’s institution and needed to be resuscitated. He
was moved to a secure hospital and kept in seclusion on a number of
occasions. He has reported that he was regularly by a psychiatrist called Dr
Caplin from CAMHS "the safe project". Mr Cordell reports there was a
second occasion where he tried to hang himself when in a cell after he was
sentenced. He attended the Accident and Emergency Department at the
North Middlesex Hospital after drinking liquid nitrous oxide with an intent
to die.
3 October 2009
35,
hallucinating after taking LSD. He was not followed up by mental health
services.
He was assessed by Dr Jarvis from the Enfield triage team
on 11.03.14 due concerns about suicidal thoughts and anxiety. He was
prescribed Sertraline anti-depressant. He was stressed about a pending court
case as he was accused of burglary. He described experiencing poor sleep
and weight loss.

