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As I stated above leading to this admission Mr
Cordell did not attend appointments offered to
him by our service. Subsequently due to the
allegations made against him I was advised to
attend a Safeguarding meeting for an alleged
victim. In that meeting I was informed by the
Council that Mr Cordell has a past and current
history of physical and verbal aggression
towards residents in the building. I was informed
that the council has tried to work with Mr
Cordell but to no avail. I was informed me that
Mr Cordell was getting easily irritated even by
the sound of a flushing toilet; this happened very
recently and he threatened the resident
concerned. The Council was of the opinion that
these are signs of mental illness and suggested
that BEH should proceed with a MHA. The
Council argued that this is for the protection of
others as well as Mr Cordell’s own safety.
Subsequently the council sent us a copy of ‘Anti-
Social Behaviour, Tenancy concerns and
breaches- pre-action letter’ which contained a
chronology of alleged incidents dating from
2016. These alleged incidents were in the
meaning of an antisocial behaviour presentation.
On the 17th October Mr Cordell was
discussed in our MDT meeting. A decision
was made to conduct an MHA. An MHA was
attempted on the 19th October. Mr Cordell
did not cooperate and the assessment did not
take place.
On the 23rd October an application for a warrant
was made but was declined on the grounds "that
there was insufficient recent evidence that he
was being "kept under proper control” as he is
living alone and "insufficient recent medical
evidence that "he is unable to care for himself.
According to RIO, on the 25th October Mr
Cordell was arrested for breaching a harassment
order. It was alleged that he was aggressive
towards the police and spat at them. He was
assessed at the police station. On interview he
had pressure of speech, delusions about his
neighbours and the police and housing ganging
up against him. He denied drug use. He said that
does not have a mental disorder. The
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