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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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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Mental Health NHS Trust

NHS Enfield Adult North Locality Team
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
past that he tried to hang himself aged 16 when
he was in a young offender’s institute. He had
said that he needed resuscitation. He tried to
hang himself a second time after he was
sentenced by a judge aged 20. He had said that