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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 a MHA. A 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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Mental Health NHS Trust

doctors who assessed Mr Cordell found him
“hypomanic, with flight of speech, grandiose and
thought disordered”
Forensic history
Nil known.
Risk History
According to the Risk Assessment on RIO notes
Mr Cordell had expressed suicidal thoughts in
the past. This was related to stress from court
cases. The date is not stated in the Risk
Assessment. Around that time, he said that he
had researched ways of harming himself
(poisoning, OD, hanging). He had said in the