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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Douglas Whitbread & Shawaz Ahmad

Woman's 4-year fight to free autistic brother, 27, 'locked away' in mental health unit

An autistic man who was “locked away” for more than four years in a controversial mental health unit has finally been released.

Elliot Dodds, 27, was held in a section of a psychiatric institution after his mental health deteriorated in April 2018.

He was diagnosed with autism and epilepsy and had been living at home with his family before he was admitted to the institution.

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