Yorkshire Ripper: Tribunal rules Peter Sutcliffe can be sent to mainstream prison

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This high profile individual has spent a very long time in hospital during which time he will have been comprehensively assessed and treated from both a...

This high profile individual has spent a very long time in hospital during which time he will have been comprehensively assessed and treated from both a psychiatric and psychological perspective.

It is almost certainly the case that he will require lifelong medication and care but the Broadmoor team will have determined that this can  now be supervised by a psychiatric team either based in, or which regularly visits, whichever prison he s transferred to.

Dr Danny Allen, Consultant Psychiatrist is commenting on an article in The Guardian: Yorkshire Ripper: Tribunal rules Peter Sutcliffe can be sent to mainstream prison https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/12/yorkshire-ripper-to-be-sent-to-mainstream-prison

 

 

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