It was a big day for AJ when he turned up at Blackpool magistrates court earlier this month. The 36-year-old was found guilty last month of harassing a young woman, and was returning to court to be sentenced. Prison was possible, so the stakes were high, particularly for someone with autism, agoraphobia and anxiety.
Getting there from his home in Morecambe was no mean feat without a car: a 40-mile journey involving three trains or two buses, taking up to two and a half hours. He made it, only to find a note on the door saying the court was closed because of Raac – the crumbly kind of concrete that shut schools across the UK in September.
