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Nikki Mitchell
Khairi Saadallah's time in the UK has been well documented. Home Affairs Correspondent, BBC South
In 2011, he is said to have joined a terrorist group in Libya, which is proscribed in the UK, during the Arab Spring uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship. When the judge coroner went over Khairi Saadallah’s mental health history
The inquest heard Saadallah fled the group when he was asked to engage in torture. and his contact with countless mental health services, what emerged was a
In 2012, he arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker. picture of a highly unstable man with violent tendencies and a
From 2013 until 2020, he was repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault. terrorist mindset - being pinged between pillar and post.
The court heard he was "caught in a catch 22" - with no continuity of care, "mental
health referrals bounce from one service provider to another".
One probation officer was singled out for praise though - for her
tireless attempts to "master a fragmented system" when he was released from
prison, leaving her frustrated that "nobody in mental health services were
prepared to deal with him".
There were mentions of very competent
professionals being involved with Saadallah - but they either hit resistance or
were not given all the information they needed to make accurate judgements.
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