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| Man detained in mental health unit for carrying knife outside parliament | Man detained in mental health unit for carrying knife outside parliament |
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| Judge sentences Eniola Mustafa Aminu, 27, who was found with kitchen knife and struggled with police, to detention | |
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| Tue 19 Sep 2017 14.05 BST | |
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| A man found with a knife outside the Houses of Parliament has been detained under the Mental Health Act. | A man found with a knife outside the Houses of Parliament has been detained under the Mental Health Act. |
| Eniola Mustafa Aminu, 27, was arrested outside the Carriage Gates entrance, yards from where PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death in a terrorist attack in March. | Eniola Mustafa Aminu, 27, was arrested outside the Carriage Gates entrance, yards from where PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death in a terrorist attack in March. |
| Aminu was carrying a nine-inch kitchen knife and struggled with police officers on Friday 16 June. | Aminu was carrying a nine-inch kitchen knife and struggled with police officers on Friday 16 June. |
| He was sentenced at Southwark crown court on Tuesday to a hospital detention order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983. | He was sentenced at Southwark crown court on Tuesday to a hospital detention order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983. |
| He had previously pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon. | He had previously pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon. |
| Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said: “Every psychiatrist who has seen you since you committed this offence agrees that you were mentally unwell at the time you committed it and you are still mentally unwell. | Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said: “Every psychiatrist who has seen you since you committed this offence agrees that you were mentally unwell at the time you committed it and you are still mentally unwell. |
| “Your mental illness began to show itself last year and resulted in your detention under the Mental Health Act of three to four months this year.” | “Your mental illness began to show itself last year and resulted in your detention under the Mental Health Act of three to four months this year.” |
| He added: “The court is satisfied that you are suffering from a mental disorder of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for you to be detained in a hospital for medical treatment. | He added: “The court is satisfied that you are suffering from a mental disorder of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for you to be detained in a hospital for medical treatment. |
| “I make an order under the Mental Health Act 1983 section 37 for your detention until you are better. Then you can gradually be released back into the community.” | “I make an order under the Mental Health Act 1983 section 37 for your detention until you are better. Then you can gradually be released back into the community.” |
| Aminu, of Greenwich, south-east London, will be treated at the Bracton Centre, a medium-secure mental health unit in Kent. | Aminu, of Greenwich, south-east London, will be treated at the Bracton Centre, a medium-secure mental health unit in Kent. |
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