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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Farmer

Sex offender who poses risk is able to make own decisions about care – judge

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A convicted child sex offender who “poses a risk” has the mental capacity to make decisions about his care and support, a judge has decided after a hearing in a specialist court.

Mrs Justice Judd was told that the man, who is in his 20s and has “complex needs”, had been detained under the terms of Mental Health Act and placed at a hospital unit in 2016.

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