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Mr Cordell reportedly had disrupted childhood spending some adolescence in care. He was
under CAMHS due to anxiety as a teenager.
Mr Cordell tried to hang himself at the age of 16 when in a young offender’s institution; he
says he lost consciousness and needed to be resuscitated. He was moved to a high security
hospital and kept in seclusion on a number of occasions, but he says he would destroy the
padded cell with his teeth. He says he was seen regularly by a psychiatrist called Dr Caplin
from "the safe project".
Mr Cordell says there was a second occasion where he tried to hang himself when in a cell
after he was sentenced.
Mr Cordell denies any contact with Mental Health Services between that point and 2014.
In March 2014 - He was diagnosed with Adjustment reaction "anxiety and suicidal thoughts
over the last nine months in the context of having a pending court case (accused of
burglary). He was offered Sertraline 50mg OD.
In November 2014 - Mr Cordell was under Home Treatment Team. He was diagnosed with
Psychotic episode - not deemed sectionable under MHA. Following this episode, he
disengaged with mental health service.
In November 2015 - He was referred via BEH HUB to mental health services. At that time Mr
Cordell was not eating, not sleeping, he was paranoid saying people were talking about him
or laughing at him, believed the government was advertising things about him, the TV was
talking about him and talking directly to him. He was smoking cannabis at that time. He was
again found non sectionable under MHA and disengaged with the service.
In February 2016 it was applied for Warrant 135 (1) - but not sufficient evidence was
presented to the judge for a warrant.
In August 2016, he was admitted under Section 2 of the MHA following custody at Wood
Green station for threats to kill - section 2 reversed on appeal. He was discharged on
Olanzapine 5mg and followed up by EIS. It was reported poor compliance with medication
on discharge. Consequently, he was discharged from EIS due to disengagement.
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Past medical history:
Simon said he had Crohn's disease as a child. He denied any other physical health problems.
Current medications
Nil.
Personal/family history- information taken from previous assessments/reports
Mr Cordell was born at Chase Farm Hospital. He has a younger brother and sister. Mr
Cordell says he knows his maternal grandmother attempted suicide on a number of
occasions and had had admissions to mental hospital. Mr Cordell's father worked as a union
representative and his mother ran her own computer company. His parents recently
divorced.
Mr Cordell says he did not get on well with his father who was a violent man. He was violent
towards Mr Cordell, Mr Cordell's mother and siblings. Mr Cordell left home at the age of
fifteen and was homeless for a while. He was placed in to care after stealing a pint of milk.
He was placed in a series of children's care homes around the UK, but says that each time he
would steal a car and drive back to London.